Deuteronomy 7:12-14

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 7:12-26

Here, I. The caution against idolatry is repeated, and against communion with idolaters: ?Thou shalt consume the people, and not serve their gods.? Deut. 7:16. We are in danger of having fellowship with the works of darkness if we take pleasure in fellowship with those that do those works. Here is also a repetition of the charge to destroy the images, Deut. 7:25, 26. The idols which the heathen had worshipped were an abomination to God, and therefore must be so to them: all that truly love God... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 7:12

Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these judgments, and keep and do them ,.... Attentively listen to the declaration made of them, and be careful to observe them: that the Lord thy God shall keep unto thee the covenant and the mercy which he sware unto thy fathers ; to bring them into the land of Canaan, and continue them in it; yea, to send the Messiah to them, and bring him the salvation of Israel out of Zion; see Luke 1:68 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 7:13

And he will love thee ,.... As he has done, and rest in his love, and give further instances and proofs of it: and bless thee, and multiply thee ; that is bless thee with a multiplication of offspring, which was what was often promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; that their seed should be as the stars of heaven, the dust of the earth, and the sand of the sea: he will also bless the fruit of thy womb ; not only give strength to conceive, but carry on the pregnancy, preserve the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 7:14

Thou shalt be blessed above all people ,.... Even with temporal blessings, besides those of a religious kind; they having the oracles of God, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service of God, and the promises, Romans 3:1 , there shall not be male or female barren among you ; which to be was reckoned a reproach, and the contrary a blessing, Luke 1:25 Psalm 128:3 . or among your cattle ; the Targum of Jonathan is, nor thy beasts barren of wool, and milk, and lambs. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 7:12

The Lord - shall keep unto thee the covenant - So we find their continuance in the state of favor was to depend on their faithfulness to the grace of God. If they should rebel, though God had chosen them through his love, yet he would cast them off in his justice. The elect, we see, may become unfaithful, and so become reprobates. So it happened to 24,000 of them, whose carcasses fell in the wilderness because they had sinned; yet these were of the elect that came out of Egypt. Let him that... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 7:12

Verse 12 12.Wherefore it shall come to pass. God appears so to act according to agreement, as to leave (His people) no hope of His favor, unless they perform their part of it; and undoubtedly this is the usual form of expression in the Law, in which the condition is inserted, that God will do good to His people if they have deserved it by their obedience. Still we must remember what we have elsewhere seen, that, after God has so covenanted with them, He Himself, in order that His promise may... 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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 7:12

On the other hand, obedience would bring blessing. Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken. The Hebrew conveys the idea of a reward as consequent on their hearkening; as there would be retribution for transgression, so would there be recompense for obedience. The Hebrew word represented by "wherefore" in the Authorized Version ( עֵקֶב , from עָקֵב , the heel) denotes that which comes after, the end or last of anything ( Psalms 119:33 , Psalms 119:112 ), hence recompense,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 7:12-15

Temporal prosperity a result of obedience to Divine Law. The aged lawgiver in this paragraph shows the people how largely their well-being depends on obedience to God, and also to what an extent that welt-being would be manifest even in temporal matters; in the healthfulness of body which would be enjoyed by them, and in the success with which they should tend their flocks and herds. They should be free from the sicknesses and diseases with which Egypt abounded ; and should , ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 7:12-16

The rewards of obedience. If Israel fulfilled its vocation, in keeping itself separate from the idolatries of the heathen, and in destroying them from the land; if further, in possession of the land, it adhered to God's commands, God would make his blessing rest on it in every sphere and department of existence. I. TEMPORAL PROSPERITY IS A LEGITIMATE OBJECT OF DESIRE . Otherwise it could not be named as part of the blessing, nor could the hope of it be held out as an... read more

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