Deuteronomy 1:25

1:25 Then they took ¹  some of the produce of the land and carried it back down to us. They also brought a report to us, saying, “The land that the Lord our God is about to give us is good.”

Deuteronomy 2:21

2:21 They are a people as powerful, numerous, and tall as the Anakites. But the Lord destroyed the Rephaites ²  in advance of the Ammonites, ³  so they dispossessed them and settled down in their place.

Deuteronomy 2:25

2:25 This very day I will begin to fill all the people of the earth ⁴  with dread and to terrify them when they hear about you. They will shiver and shake in anticipation of your approach.” ⁵ 

Deuteronomy 7:10

7:10 but who pays back those who hate ⁶  him as they deserve and destroys them. He will not ignore ⁷  those who hate him but will repay them as they deserve!

Deuteronomy 23:4

23:4 for they did not meet you with food and water on the way as you came from Egypt, and furthermore, they hired ⁸  Balaam son of Beor of Pethor in Aram Naharaim to curse you.

Deuteronomy 25:18

25:18 how they met you along the way and cut off all your stragglers in the rear of the march when you were exhausted and tired; they were unafraid of God. ⁹ 

Deuteronomy 28:48

28:48 instead in hunger, thirst, nakedness, and poverty ¹⁰  you will serve your enemies whom the Lord will send against you. They ¹¹  will place an iron yoke on your neck until they have destroyed you.

Deuteronomy 32:21

32:21 They have made me jealous ¹²  with false gods, ¹³ 

enraging me with their worthless gods; ¹⁴ 

so I will make them jealous with a people they do not recognize, ¹⁵ 

with a nation slow to learn ¹⁶  I will enrage them.

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¹ tn The Hebrew text includes “in their hand,” which is unnecessary and somewhat redundant in English style.

² tn Heb “them”; the referent (the Rephaites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ tn Heb “them”; the referent (the Ammonites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁴ tn Heb “under heaven” (so NIV, NRSV).

⁵ tn Heb “from before you.”

⁶ tn For the term “hate” as synonymous with rejection or disobedience see note on the word “reject” in Deut 5:9 (cf. NRSV “reject”).

⁷ tn Heb “he will not hesitate concerning.”

⁸ tn Heb “hired against you.”

⁹ sn See Exod 17:8-16.

¹⁰ tn Heb “lack of everything.”

¹¹ tn Heb “he” (also later in this verse). The pronoun is a collective singular referring to the enemies (cf. CEV, NLT). Many translations understand the singular pronoun to refer to the Lord (cf. NAB, NASB, NIV, NCV, NRSV, TEV).

¹² sn They have made me jealous. The “jealousy” of God is not a spirit of pettiness prompted by his insecurity, but righteous indignation caused by the disloyalty of his people to his covenant grace (see note on the word “God” in Deut 4:24). The jealousy of Israel, however (see next line), will be envy because of God’s lavish attention to another nation. This is an ironic wordplay. See H. Peels, NIDOTTE 3:938-39.

¹³ tn Heb “what is not a god,” or a “nondeity.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “their empty (things).” The Hebrew term used here to refer pejoratively to the false gods is הֶבֶל (hevel, “futile” or “futility”), used frequently in Ecclesiastes (e.g., Eccl 1:1, “Futile! Futile!” laments the Teacher, “Absolutely futile! Everything is futile!”).

¹⁵ tn Heb “what is not a people,” or a “nonpeople.” The “nonpeople” (לֹא־עָם, lo’-’am) referred to here are Gentiles who someday would become God’s people in the fullest sense (cf. Hos 1:9; 2:23).

¹⁶ tn Heb “a foolish nation” (so KJV, NAB, NRSV); NIV “a nation that has no understanding”; NLT “I will provoke their fury by blessing the foolish Gentiles.”