申命記 7:7-8 CUNPTS

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 7:6-9

Reasons for non-conformity to the world, and for aggression on its evil. I. THE HOLINESS OF OUR CALLING . ( Deuteronomy 7:6 .) The believer stands to God in the relation described in this verse. He is one chosen from the unholy mass to be peculiarly God's property. He belongs to God in body, soul, and spirit. He is a vessel for the Master's use. His every power is to be consecrated. What higher dignity could a human being sustain than that? But the obligations are coextensive... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 7:7

Set his love upon you. The Hebrew verb meaning primarily to cleave to, to be attached to, is used to express ardent and loving affection (cf. Genesis 34:8 ; Deuteronomy 10:15 ; Isaiah 38:17 ). The fewest of all people . It might have been supposed that, in choosing a people to be his special treasure, the Almighty would have selected some one of the great nations of the world; but, instead of that, he had chosen one of the smallest. They had, indeed, grown till now they were as the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 7:8

Because the Lord loved you. Targum Onkelos, "Because he had complacency in you;" Vulgate, quia vobis junctus est . "Instead of saying, He hath chosen you out of love to your fathers, as in Deuteronomy 4:37 , Moses brings out in this place love to the people of Israel as the Divine motive, not for choosing Israel, but for leading it out and delivering it from the slave-house of Egypt, by which God had practically carried out the election of the people, that he might thereby allure the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 7:1-11

See Deuteronomy 6:10 note.Deuteronomy 7:5Their groves - Render, their idols of wood: the reference is to the wooden trunk used as a representation of Ashtaroth; see Deuteronomy 7:13 and Exodus 34:13 note.Deuteronomy 7:7The fewest of all people - God chose for Himself Israel, when as yet but a single family, or rather a single person, Abraham; though there were already numerous nations and powerful kingdoms in the earth. Increase Deuteronomy 1:10; Deuteronomy 10:22 had taken place because of the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 7:7-8

Deuteronomy 7:7-8. The fewest To wit, at that time, when God first declared his choice of you for his peculiar people, which was done to Abraham. For Abraham had but one son concerned in this choice and covenant, namely, Isaac, and that was not till he was in his hundredth year; and Isaac was sixty years old ere he had a child, and then had only two children; and though Jacob had twelve sons, yet it was a long time before they made any considerable increase. Nor do we read of any great... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 7:1-26

The promised land (7:1-8:20)Israel’s responsibility was to destroy the people of Canaan along with everything connected with their religion, so that nothing would remain in the land that might corrupt God’s people (7:1-5). Israel’s favoured place as God’s chosen people was not an excuse for them to do as they liked, but a reason for them to avoid corruption and be holy. If they were disobedient, they would surely be punished (6-11). But if they were obedient, they would enjoy the blessings of... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Deuteronomy 7:7

love = affection. Hebrew. hashak, a love which joins one to what is loved = to set one's love upon. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Deuteronomy 7:8

loved. Hebrew. 'ahab, love in its highest sense, love that delights in its object. bondmen. Compare Deuteronomy 5:6 , and Exodus 20:2 . read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Deuteronomy 7:6-11

Ver. 6-11. The reasons are here given for such cautious avoiding whatever might offend God. For, 1. They were a chosen generation to show forth his praises, and therefore bound to answer the gracious designs of God. There was in them no cause moving God to such peculiar regard, but his own sovereign choice and love; for they were the fewest in number, and had proved themselves sufficiently perverse and ungrateful in their conduct. He adds the promise made to their fathers, for whose sake they... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Deuteronomy 7:7-8

Ver. 7, 8. The Lord did not set his love upon you, &c.— To preserve them from pride and a conceit of their own greatness, Moses here advises them to remember, that it was not their numbers, their strength, or external grandeur, it was not any merit or qualification of their own, which had caused the Lord thus to choose and distinguish them. These great promises were made to their forefathers when they were a small family, and of little consideration in the world. The eminent virtues of... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 7:6-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 7:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 7:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 7:1-11

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 7:7-8

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 7:1-26

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Deuteronomy 7:7

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Deuteronomy 7:8

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Deuteronomy 7:6-11

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Deuteronomy 7:7-8

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