Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 7:23
But the LORD thy God shall deliver them unto thee, and shall destroy them with a mighty destruction, until they be destroyed.
23. deliver them up ] See on Deu 7:2.
discomfit ] an onomatopoetic word implying the confusion, turmoil, and panic of defeat, especially under Divine judgement.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
11-26. Thou shalt therefore keep thecommandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which I commandthee this dayIn the covenant into which God entered withIsrael, He promised to bestow upon them a variety of blessings solong as they continued obedient to Him as their heavenly King. Hepledged His veracity that His infinite perfections would be exertedfor this purpose, as well as for delivering them from every evil towhich, as a people, they would be exposed. That people accordinglywere truly happy as a nation, and found every promise which thefaithful God made to them amply fulfilled, so long as they adhered tothat obedience which was required of them. See a beautifulillustration of this in Ps144:12-15.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
But the Lord thy God shall deliver them unto thee,…. Gradually, by little and little, until at length they should all come into their hands: and shall destroy them with a mighty destruction until they be destroyed; even all of them.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
destroy = discomfit. Hebrew. hum, to put in consternation.
destruction = discomfiture.
destroyed = exterminated. Hebrew. shamad. Compare Deu 7:26.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
the Lord: Deu 7:2
unto thee: Heb. before thy face, Deu 9:3
shall destroy: Deu 2:15, Deu 8:20, Isa 13:6, Jer 17:18, Joe 1:15, 2Th 1:9
Reciprocal: Exo 23:27 – destroy Deu 11:23 – General Deu 31:5 – according Jos 9:24 – the Lord 1Sa 17:46 – will the Lord Psa 59:13 – Consume Psa 106:34 – concerning