Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 11:12
A land which the LORD thy God careth for the eyes of the LORD thy God [are] always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year.
12. a land which the Lord thy God careth for ] lit. seeketh after. The verb is used both in the sense of resort to or frequent (Deu 12:5, with another construction, Amo 5:5), or investigate (Deu 13:14 (15), Deu 17:4, Deu 19:18), or to visit so as to care for (Jer 30:14; Jer 30:17; Job 3:4; Isa 62:12). The last is of course the meaning here: a land which is under the personal supervision and providence of God: constantly are the eyes of Jehovah thy God upon it from the beginning of the year and even to the end of the year. Such is the emphatic Heb. order.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Land which the Lord careth for, to wit, in a special manner, watering it immediately as it were by his own hand, without mans help, and giving peculiar blessings to it, which Egypt enjoys not.
The eyes of the Lord are always upon us, to give it the rain and other blessings proper to the several seasons. But all these mercies, and the fruitfulness of the land consequent; upon them, were suspended upon their disobedience, as it here follows. And therefore it is not at all strange that some later writers decry the land of Canaan as in great part a barren soil, which is so far from affording any ground to question the Divine authority of the Holy Scriptures, in which its fruitfulness is declared, that it doth much more confirm it, this being but an effect of that threatening that God would turn a fruitful land into barrenness for the wickedness of those that dwell in it, Psa 107:34, and elsewhere; and the wickedness of the Israelites in succeeding ages being notorious, it is but just and fit that the barrenness of their land should be as evident and infamous.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
12. A land which the Lord thy Godcareth forthat is, watering it, as it were, with His ownhands, without human aid or mechanical means.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
A land which the Lord thy God careth for,…. In a very particular and special manner; otherwise he has a general care of the whole world, and all the parts of it; for as the earth is his, and the fulness thereof, his providential care reaches everywhere; but as this spot was what he had chosen for his own residence, and the place of his worship, and for an habitation for his peculiar people; he exercised a more peculiar care over it, to make it fruitful, commodious, and pleasant; or which “he seeketh” i; that is, the good of it, and to make it convenient, useful, and delightful to his people; yea, which he sought for and desired for his own habitation, Ps 132:13,
the eyes of the Lord thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year; his eyes of providence, to give the former and the latter rain, and that there be seedtime and harvest in their seasons, and that the fruits of it be produced at their proper time; some at the beginning, others at the end of the year, and others in the intervening months, and all wisely suited to the good of the inhabitants of it.
i “quaerit”, Pagninus; “quaerens”, Montanus.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
It was a land which Jehovah inquired after, i.e., for which He cared ( , as in Pro 31:13; Job 3:4); His eyes were always directed towards it from the beginning of the year to the end; a land, therefore, which was dependent upon God, and in this dependence upon God peculiarly adapted to Israel, which was to live entirely to its God, and upon His grace alone.
Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament
(12) A land which the Lord thy God careth for.Literally, seeketh, as in the margin of our Bibles. Comp. Eze. 20:6 : A land that I had espied for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands. To search out a resting-place for them (Num. 10:33). It is difficult not to think of the better land in this description, and of our Saviours promise, I go to prepare a place for you. There the poor and needy shall not seek water, for He shall lead them to living fountains of water. They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more.
That something unusual is indicated here seems to have occurred to the old Jewish writer, who saysAnd does He not seek out all lands? as it is said, To cause it to rain on the earth where no man is (Job. 38:26).
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Ver. 12. A land which the Lord thy God careth for A land which the Lord, and not man, provideth for. The expressions in this verse are taken from the particular and extraordinary care of the husbandman, who, from the beginning of the year to the end, watches with a solicitous eye over his land, and takes every prudent and proper measure to render it fertile. Palestine was thus peculiarly under the eye of God, its increase or sterility arising immediately from him, as the people obeyed or disobeyed his commandments. This Houbigant would read in the future; a land which the Lord thy God will care for, and upon which his eyes shall always be; for, before the Israelites possessed Canaan, says he, the Lord did not regard that had more than Egypt: but there is nothing more common with the sacred writers, than to speak of the future in the present.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Deu 11:12 A land which the LORD thy God careth for: the eyes of the LORD thy God [are] always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year.
Ver. 12. Which the Lord thy God careth for. ] Deus sic curat universa, quasi singula; sic singula, quasi sola. a
From the beginning of the year.
a August.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
eyes. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. App-6.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
careth for: Heb. seeketh
the eyes: 1Ki 9:3, Ezr 5:5, Psa 33:18, Psa 34:15, Jer 24:6
Reciprocal: Gen 27:28 – of the dew Deu 3:25 – the good land Jdg 18:6 – before Jdg 18:10 – where there 2Ki 17:20 – until he had cast 2Ki 18:32 – like your own 2Ch 7:15 – mine eyes Job 3:4 – God regard Psa 47:4 – choose Psa 65:9 – visitest Psa 106:24 – the pleasant land Isa 32:12 – pleasant fields Isa 36:17 – a land of corn Jer 2:7 – brought Eze 20:6 – into Mal 3:12 – a delightsome 1Pe 3:12 – the eyes
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Deu 11:12. Which the Lord careth for In a special manner, watering it immediately, as it were, by his own hand, without mans help, and giving peculiar blessings to it, which Egypt enjoyed not. To the end of the year To give it the rain, and other blessings proper to the several seasons. But all these mercies, and the fruitfulness of the land consequent upon them, were suspended upon their disobedience. And therefore it is not at all strange that some later writers describe the land of Canaan as a barren soil; which is so far from affording ground to question the authority of the Scriptures, that it much more confirms it, this being an effect of that threatening, that God would turn a fruitful land into barrenness for the wickedness of those that dwelt in it, Psa 107:34.