Deuteronomy 7:7-9 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 7:5-8

They were not only to have no fellowship with the idolaters, but they were to root out their idolatry, everting their altars and destroying their idols; and this because they were a holy people, graciously chosen of God to be his special possession—a high privilege and honor which they were to be careful not to cast away. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 7:6-8

On the election of rations. We are here introduced to remarkable words touching the election of, or we might say, selection of the Jews. The leading principles of the Divine administration are here set before us. The following points may be noticed:— I. THE JEWS WERE SELECTED NOT ON ACCOUNT OF ANY NATIONAL SUPERIORITY . Moses tells them that, numerically, they were the fewest of all people. It was not numerical strength, nor national advantages of any kind,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 7:9

To a thousand generations ; rather, to the thousandth generation . As God is faithful to his covenant, and will show mercy and do good to those that love him, whilst on those who hate him he will bring terrible retribution, the people are warned by this to take heed against rebellion and apostasy from him (comp. Exodus 20:5 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 7:9-10

Lessons from history. I. A LESSON IN GOD 'S GOODNESS . In putting Israel into possession of the land of promise after so long a period of waiting, and at the cost of so much miracle, God gave the nation an irrefragable proof of his covenant-keeping faithfulness. How many difficulties, to the human eye, stood in the way of the fulfillment of that promise! And by what nice adjustments of providence, and what a subtly linked succession of events, was the fulfillment at length... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 7:9-16

The Divine veracity. Moses here speaks of the Divine faithfulness to those that love him, and also to those that hate him. Those who love him will have his mercy unto a thousand generations; those who hate him will have their hatred returned. He will repay such to their face. Let us look at the Divine veracity in the two aspects of blessing and of judgment. I. GOD 'S GRATITUDE FOR MAN 'S LOVE . God has a love of sovereignty, as we have just seen, which has no reason but... 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

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 7:5-8

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 7:6-8

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 7:6-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 7:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 7:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 7:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 7:9-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 7:9-16

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

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