Deuteronomy 28:9 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:1-14

The blessings are here put before the curses, to intimate, 1. That God is slow to anger, but swift to show mercy: he has said it, and sworn, that he would much rather we would obey and live than sin and die. It is his delight to bless. 2. That though both the promises and the threatenings are designed to bring and hold us to our duty, yet it is better that we be allured to that which is good by a filial hope of God's favour than that we be frightened to it by a servile fear of his wrath. That... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:9

And the Lord shall establish thee an holy people unto himself ,.... Having separated them from all others, for his service, honour, and glory, should continue them as such, and settle them in the land, and confirm all their privileges, natural, civil, and religious. The Targum of Jonathan is,"the Word of the Lord shall establish thee, &c.;'he that brought them out of Egypt, through the Red sea and wilderness, to the land of Canaan: as he hath sworn unto thee : and to their fathers;... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 28:9

The Lord shall establish thee a holy people unto himself - This is the sum of all blessings, to be made holy, and be preserved in holiness. If thou shalt keep, etc. - Here is the solemn condition; if they did not keep God's testimonies, taking them for the regulators of their lives, and according to their direction walking in his ways, under the influence and aids of his grace, then the curses, and not the blessings, must be their portion. See Deuteronomy 28:15 , etc. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 28:9

Verse 9 9.The Lord shall establish thee a holy people unto himself. This refers indeed to earthly blessings, as if Moses said, that by them would be manifested God’s love towards His chosen people; still it rises higher, so that the Israelites, led on by degrees, should learn to embrace God alone, and to trust in Him according to the covenant which He had made with Abraham, “I am thy exceeding great reward.” (Genesis 15:1.) For the children of Abraham were set apart and chosen to be a holy... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:1-14

God's blessing promised to the obedient. The aged lawgiver was finishing his course. Ere the end comes he would open up to the people once more the dread alternative of blessing and cursing, and would show them that they must accept either one or the other. And so, before the Holy Land is taken possession of, they are reminded how very much the realization of the promises of temporal good depends on what they are. We cannot be too frequently reminded of the fact, however, that, though ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:1-14

The blessing. Blessing and curse, as Keil says, are viewed in these verses "as actual powers, which follow in the footsteps of the nation, and overtake it" ( Deuteronomy 28:2 , Deuteronomy 28:15 , Deuteronomy 28:22 ; Zechariah 1:6 ). The blessing of God is a vera causa in human life. It is not to be resolved entirely into natural tendencies. A cheerful mind conduces to health; virtuous habits tend to prosperity, etc. But this is not the whole. Conspiring with natural tendencies,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:1-14

The purpose of temporal blessing. After the "Amens" from Mount Ebal had been faithfully given, the Levites turned to Gerizim with the detail of blessings , and received from the assembled thousands the grand "Amen." We have in these verses before us the purpose of the blessing. The children of Israel had been brought out of Egypt by a Divine deliverance, they were about to settle in Canaan as the people of the Lord. They were a spectacle, therefore, to the rest of the world of how a... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:1-14

The present portion of a good man. The natural world may be fitly regarded as the visible symbol of the spiritual world, the earthly state a lower copy of the heavenly. The order of cause and effect is as uniform in the spiritual sphere as in the material. Fire in contact with gunpowder will result in explosion. True seed in fitting soil will bear fruit. "Whatsoever a man sows that shall he also reap." I. WE HAVE HERE A DESCRIPTION OF A GOOD MAN . 1. He is described... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:9

The Lord would establish them to be a people holy unto himself, in whose Blessed condition all would see that they were indeed his people, favored by him. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:9

Established. Probation, in the case of the faithful, ends in establishment. If Israel would keep the commandments, God would "perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle" them as "an holy people" to himself, and so confirm the promises made to the fathers. A like promise to the Church and to Christians ( Acts 16:5 ; Romans 1:11 ; Colossians 2:7 ; Hebrews 13:9 ; 1 Peter 5:10 ; 2 Peter 1:12 ). Establishment is: 1. Unto holiness. 2. A result of God naming his Name upon his... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:1-14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 28:9

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 28:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:1-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:1-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:1-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:1-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:9

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