Shēnméngjì 7:4

4 Yīnwei tā bì shǐ nǐ érzi zhuǎn lí bú gēn cóng zhǔ , qù shìfèng bié shén , yǐzhì Yēhéhuá de nùqì xiàng nǐmen fā zuò , jiù sù sù dì jiāng nǐmen mièjué .

Shēnméngjì 7:4 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 7:4

For they will turn away thy son from following me
From the pure worship of God, his word, statutes, and ordinances:

that they may serve other gods;
worship their idols; that is, the daughters of Heathens, married to the sons of Israelites, would entice them from the worship of the true God to idolatry; so the Targum of Jonathan; as Solomon's wives drew him aside: or "he will turn away thy son" ^F4; meaning, as Jarchi observes, that the son of an Heathen, that marries the daughter of an Israelite, will turn away the son born of her to idolatry, called here the grandfather's son; though Aben Ezra says this respects the son mentioned in the preceding verse, that is, the son married to an Heathen woman, and not to a son born in such marriage:

so will the anger of the Lord be kindled against you, and destroy thee
suddenly;
by some immediate judgment striking dead at once; there being nothing more provoking to God than idolatry, that being directly contrary to his being, nature, perfections, honour, and glory, of which he is jealous.

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FOOTNOTES:

F4 (ryoy) "faciet recedere": Pagninus, Montanus; so Junius and Tremellius, Piscator, Tigurine version, Vatablus, V. L. all in the singular number.

Shēnméngjì 7:4 In-Context

2 Yēhéhuá nǐ shén jiāng tāmen jiāo gĕi nǐ jī shā , nàshí nǐ yào bǎ tāmen mièjué jìng jìn , bùkĕ yǔ tāmen lì yuē , yĕ bùkĕ liánxù tāmen .

3 Bùkĕ yǔ tāmen jié qīn . bùkĕ jiāng nǐde nǚér jià tāmende érzi , yĕ bùkĕ jiào nǐde érzi qǔ tāmende nǚér .

4 Yīnwei tā bì shǐ nǐ érzi zhuǎn lí bú gēn cóng zhǔ , qù shìfèng bié shén , yǐzhì Yēhéhuá de nùqì xiàng nǐmen fā zuò , jiù sù sù dì jiāng nǐmen mièjué .

5 Nǐmen què yào zhèyàng daì tāmen , chāihuǐ tāmende jìtán , dá suì tāmende zhù xiàng , kǎn xià tāmende mùǒu , yòng huǒ fùnshāo tāmen diāokè de ǒuxiàng .

6 Yīnwei nǐ guī Yēhéhuá nǐ shén wéi shèngjié de mín . Yēhéhuá nǐ shén cóng dì shàng de wàn mín zhōng jiǎnxuǎn nǐ , tè zuò zìjǐ de zǐmín .