Deuteronomy 30:1-32:52

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 30:1-10

These verses may be considered either as a conditional promise or as an absolute prediction. I. They are chiefly to be considered as a conditional promise, and so they belong to all persons and all people, and not to Israel only; and the design of them is to assure us that the greatest sinners, if they repent and be converted, shall have their sins pardoned, and be restored to God's favour. This is the purport of the covenant of grace, it leaves room for repentance in case of misdemeanour, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 30:1

And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee ,.... Declared, pronounced, foretold, and prophesied of in the three preceding chapters, especially in Deuteronomy 28:1 , the blessing and the curse which I have set before thee ; the blessings promised to those that pay a regard to the will of God and obey his voice, and curses threatened to the see Deuteronomy 28:1 , and thou shall call them to mind among all the nations whither the Lord thy God hath driven... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 30:1

When all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse - So fully did God foresee the bad use these people would make of their free agency in resisting the Holy Ghost, that he speaks of their sin and punishment as certain; yet, at the same time, shows how they might turn to himself and live, even while he was pouring out his indignation upon them because of their transgressions. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 30:1

Verse 1 1.And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come. He again confirms what we have elsewhere seen, that God never so severely afflicts His Church as not to be ready to return to mercy; nay, that by their punishments, however cruel in appearance, the afflicted, who were destroying themselves as if their hearts were bent upon it, are invited to repentance, so as to obtain pardon. Although, therefore, cause for despair is everywhere besetting them from the burning wrath of God,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 30:1

Thou shalt call them to mind (cf. 1 Kings 8:47 , where the same expression is rendered by "bethink themselves"). This is the meaning here also; it is not the mere recollection of the curse and the blessing that is referred to, but a general consideration of their own condition and conduct. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 30:1-10

EXPOSITION Though rejected and exiled because of rebellion and apostasy, Israel should not be absolutely or forever cast off. When dispersed among the nations, if the people should return to Jehovah their God, he would again receive them into favor and gather them from their dispersion (cf. Deuteronomy 4:29 , etc.; Le 26:40, etc.). Moses, looking into the future, anticipates that both the blessing and the curse would come upon the people according as they were faithful to their... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 30:1-10

Dispersion not rejection. It is very comforting to pass from so gloomy a chapter as the twenty-eighth to such a paragraph as this. In this thirtieth chapter, the onlook and outlook of Moses are much more extended than before. So distantly is his eye cast now, that he actually looks to the further side of the gloomy scene he had so recently sketched, and sees in the horizon a belt of glory bounding his view ( Deuteronomy 30:9 ). So that, although the present darkness and distress into... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 30:1-10

Israel's restoration. The blackness of the picture of Israel's rejection and desolation is relieved by this rim of gold on the further edge. The verses seem to teach, not only that if Israel repent, mercy awaits it, but that Israel will repent; that a day of repentance is ordained for it—a day in which the veil that has been so long left lying on Jewish hearts will be lifted off, and the nation will mourn for him whom it has pierced and has so long rejected ( Zechariah 12:9-14 ; ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 30:1-10

Divine discipline founded on known principle. Human anger is often an uncontrollable passion. God's anger is directed, not so much against the man, as against his sin. God's anger is the acting of sound principle—a part of his righteousness. Hence, as soon as chastisement produces its designed effect, it ceases. Instantly that the wayward child turns to its Father, the Father turns to his child. I. REPENTANCE OFTEN SPRINGS OUT OF THE BITTER EXPERIENCE OF TROUBLE . ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 30:1-10

The restoration of the Jews. So certain is the apostasy and the judgment on the land, that Moses assumes it as an accomplished fact, thereupon proceeding to predict a restoration of the "scattered nation" in case of their repentance. There must be the penitent return to God, and then God will restore them and bless them abundantly. It was this principle which was carried out in the restoration from Babylon, and which will be carried out in any future restoration of Israel. We have here the... read more

Group of Brands