Deuteronomy 7:10

7:10 but who pays back those who hate ¹  him as they deserve and destroys them. He will not ignore ²  those who hate him but will repay them as they deserve!

Deuteronomy 7:20

7:20 Furthermore, the Lord your God will release hornets ³  among them until the very last ones who hide from you ⁴  perish.

Deuteronomy 28:22

28:22 He ⁵  will afflict you with weakness, ⁶  fever, inflammation, infection, ⁷  sword, ⁸  blight, and mildew; these will attack you until you perish.

[7:10]  ¹ tn For the term “hate” as synonymous with rejection or disobedience see note on the word “reject” in Deut 5:9 (cf. NRSV “reject”).

[7:10]  ² tn Heb “he will not hesitate concerning.”

[7:20]  ³ tn The meaning of the term translated “hornets” (צִרְעָה, tsir’ah) is debated. Various suggestions are “discouragement” (HALOT 1056-57 s.v.; cf. NEB, TEV, CEV “panic”; NCV “terror”) and “leprosy” (J. H. Tigay, Deuteronomy [JPSTC], 360, n. 33; cf. NRSV “the pestilence”), as well as “hornet” (BDB 864 s.v.; cf. NAB, NASB, NIV, NLT). The latter seems most suitable to the verb שָׁלַח (shalakh, “send”; cf. Exod 23:28; Josh 24:12).

[7:20]  ⁴ tn Heb “the remnant and those who hide themselves.”

[28:22]  ⁵ tn Heb “The Lord.” See note on “he” in 28:8.

[28:22]  ⁶ tn Or perhaps “consumption” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV). The term is from a verbal root that indicates a weakening of one’s physical strength (cf. NAB “wasting”; NIV, NLT “wasting disease”).

[28:22]  ⁷ tn Heb “hot fever”; NIV “scorching heat.”

[28:22]  ⁸ tn Or “drought” (so NIV, NRSV, NLT).