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The Pulpit Commentary on 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 fo…
The Pulpit Commentary on 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…
The Pulpit Commentary on 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…
The Pulpit Commentary on 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 retributio…
The Pulpit Commentary on 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…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 7:10
And repayeth them that hate him to their face. The phrase, "to their face "( אל פָנָיו, to their faces), has been variously explained. It has been taken as meaning, instantly, statim, hand cunctanter (Vulgate, Gesenius)…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 7:11
As God would thus summarily avenge himself of his adversaries, the people are exhorted to keep all his commandments, statutes, and rights.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 7:12-26
We are in danger of having fellowship with the works of darkness if we take pleasure in fellowship with those who do such works. Whatever brings us into a snare, brings us under a curse. Let us be constant to our duty,…
Matthew Henry on 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." Deuteronomy 7:16. We are in danger of having fellowship with the works…
The Pulpit Commentary on 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…
The Pulpit Commentary on 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 transgressi…
The Pulpit Commentary on 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…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 7:12-26
Reward in proportion to arduous service. The enterprise upon which the Jews were entering was one of prodigious difficulty. They had to contend at the same time with stalwart human foes, and with the internal foes of ev…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 7:13
This favor would take effect in a blessing on the fruit of the womb, the produce of the field, and the increase of their flocks and herds (comp. Exodus 23:25-27). Thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil. These comprise th…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 7:15
The mercy of God should be showed to them also in preserving them from sickness, especially of a virulent and dangerous kind, such as they had seen in Egypt, where disease has in all ages readily assumed a malignant cha…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 7:16
And thou shalt consume; literally, eat, devour ( וְאָכַלְתָּ). Unless they consumed them as one consumes food, they would be a snare to them, by tempting them to join in their idolatry. Deuteronomy 7:17, Deuteronomy 7:1…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 7:16-26
The heathen they were utterly to extirpate from the land which God was about to give them; mighty as these nations were, they were not to be afraid of them, for God would be with his people, and would deliver these nati…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 7:17-26
Canaan gradually won. The winning of the whole land seemed a great task—too great for sense and sight. But the Divine programs, though comprehensive, are taken in detail. The Israelites are to win the country little by…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 7:17-25
God for us. The numbers, strength, and fortified security of the seven nations made the conquest of Palestine a task of difficulty, and might naturally produce a disheartening effect on the invaders. I. A NATURAL FEAR.…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 7:19
Temptations, etc. (cf. Deuteronomy 4:34; Deuteronomy 6:22).
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 7:20
Hornet (cf. Exodus 23:28). Instances are on record of armies being obliged to give way before swarms of insects by which they were attacked; but it may be doubted if the statement here is to be understood literally, and…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 7:22
(Cf. Exodus 23:30.)
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 7:24
The kings also of these nations should they utterly destroy, so that their memory should perish from the earth. Deuteronomy 7:25, Deuteronomy 7:26 The idols of the Canaanites they were utterly to destroy by fire, not sa…
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 7:26
Cursed thing; a thing devoted ( הֵרֶם), either, as in this case, to destruction (comp. also 1 Kings 20:42; Zechariah 14:11; Malachi 3:1-18 :24; [Malachi 4:6]) or, as elsewhere, to God (Le Deuteronomy 27:21; Numbers 18:1…