John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 7:10
And repayeth them that hate him to their face, to destroy them ,.... Openly, publicly, and at once, they not being able to make any resistance. Onkelos interprets it in their lifetime, and so Jarchi which agrees with the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem: "or to his face"; F6 אל פניו "in faciem ejus", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Vatablus, Fagius; so Ainsworth. the face of God; that is, he will punish them that hate him to his face, who are audacious, bold, impudent sinners;... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 7:9
The only true and living God, and not the idols of the Gentiles, who are false and lifeless ones, and therefore not the proper objects of adoration: the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy ; as appeared by fulfilling the promise made to their fathers, in bringing them out of Egypt, and now them to the borders of the land of Canaan given them for an inheritance: with them that love him, and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations ; see Exodus 20:6 which are not the... read more