Deuteronomy 7:20 (YLT)

Passage

`And also the locust doth Jehovah thy God send among them, till the destruction of those who are left, and of those who are hidden from thy presence;

Nearby Context

Deuteronomy 7:18 thou art not afraid of them; thou dost surely remember that which Jehovah thy God hath done to Pharaoh, and to all Egypt,

Deuteronomy 7:19 the great trials which thine eyes have seen, and the signs, and the wonders, and the strong hand, and the stretched-out arm, with which Jehovah thy God hath brought thee out; so doth Jehovah thy God to all the peoples of whose presence thou art afraid.

Deuteronomy 7:20 `And also the locust doth Jehovah thy God send among them, till the destruction of those who are left, and of those who are hidden from thy presence;

Deuteronomy 7:21 thou art not terrified by their presence, for Jehovah thy God <FI>is<Fi> in thy midst, a God great and fearful.

Deuteronomy 7:22 `And Jehovah thy God hath cast out these nations from thy presence little <FI>by<Fi> little, (thou art not able to consume them hastily, lest the beast of the field multiply against thee),

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "locust", "doth", "jehovah", "send", "till", "destruction", "left", and "hidden". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "locust" and "doth", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 19's "the great trials which thine eyes have..." into verse 21's "thou art not terrified by their presence...", so "locust" and "doth" belong inside that flow. In Deuteronomy context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "locust" and "doth" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.