Deuteronomy 9:3

9:3 Understand today that the Lord your God who goes before you is a devouring fire; he will defeat and subdue them before you. You will dispossess and destroy them quickly just as he ¹  has told you.

Deuteronomy 31:17

31:17 At that time ²  my anger will erupt against them ³  and I will abandon them and hide my face from them until they are devoured. Many disasters and distresses will overcome ⁴  them ⁵  so that they ⁶  will say at that time, ‘Have not these disasters ⁷  overcome us ⁸  because our ⁹  God is not among us ¹⁰ ?’

¹ tn Heb “the Lord.” The pronoun has been used in the translation in keeping with contemporary English style to avoid redundancy.

² tn Heb “on that day.” This same expression also appears later in the verse and in v. 18.

³ tn Heb “him.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “them.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

⁴ tn Heb “find,” “encounter.”

⁵ tn Heb “him.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “them.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

⁶ tn Heb “he.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “they.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

⁷ tn Heb “evils.”

⁸ tn Heb “me.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “us,” which is necessary in any case in the translation because of contemporary English style.

⁹ tn Heb “my.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “me.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “us,” which is necessary in any case in the translation because of contemporary English style.