14 Thou shalt be blessed above all people: (A)there shall be neither male nor female barren among you, nor among your cattle.

15 Moreover, the Lord will take away from thee all infirmities, and will put none of the evil diseases of (B)Egypt (which thou knowest) upon thee, but will send them upon all that hate thee.

16 Thou shalt therefore consume all people which the Lord thy God shall give thee: [a]thine eye shall not spare them, neither shalt thou serve their gods, for that shall be thy (C)destruction.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 7:16 We ought not to be merciful, where God commandeth severity.

14 You will be blessed more than any other people; none of your men or women will be childless, nor will any of your livestock be without young.(A) 15 The Lord will keep you free from every disease.(B) He will not inflict on you the horrible diseases you knew in Egypt,(C) but he will inflict them on all who hate you.(D) 16 You must destroy all the peoples the Lord your God gives over to you.(E) Do not look on them with pity(F) and do not serve their gods,(G) for that will be a snare(H) to you.

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