Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 8:7-9
Deuteronomy 8:7-9. Depths Deep wells, or springs, or lakes, which were numerous and large. Whose stones are iron Where iron mines are as plentiful as quarries of stone are in other places. Thou mayest dig brass That is, copper, of which brass is made. read more
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 8:7-9
See Exodus 3:8 note, and the contrast expressed in Deuteronomy 11:10-11, between Palestine and Egypt.The physical characteristics and advantages of a country like Palestine must have been quite strange to Israel at the time Moses was speaking: compare Deuteronomy 3:25 note. To have praised the fertility and excellence of the promised land at an earlier period would have increased the murmurings and impatience of the people at being detained in the wilderness: whereas now it encouraged them to... read more