Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 6:15
(For the LORD thy God [is] a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth.
15. in the midst of thee ] So Deu 7:21; Deu 23:14 (contr. Deu 1:42). Hosea has the same thought, Hos 11:9, and Jeremiah, Jer 14:9.
a jealous God ] As in Deu 4:24, Deu 5:9; see note on Exo 20:5.
lest the anger, etc.] Cp. Deu 7:4, Deu 11:17.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 15. A jealous God] Jehovah has betrothed you to himself as a bride is to her husband. Do not be unfaithful, else that love wherewith he has now distinguished you shall assume the form of jealousy, and so divorce and consume you.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Among you, Heb. in the midst of you, to see and observe all your ways and your turnings aside to other gods.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
For the Lord thy God is a jealous God among you,…. He was near to them, in the midst of them, his tabernacle being placed between their camps; and was a God jealous of his honour and glory in matters of worship, and would resent any affront given him in that way:
lest the anger of the Lord thy God be kindled against thee; there being nothing more apt to stir up his wrath than idolatry:
and destroy thee from off the face of the earth; suffer them to be carried captive out of their own land, and to be scattered among the nations of the world, and be utterly destroyed.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(15) From off the face of the earth.Literally, of the ground. Absolute extermination is threatened by the fire of His jealousy.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Deu 6:15 (For the LORD thy God [is] a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth.
Ver. 15. A jealous God amongst you. ] Let the gods of the heathens be good fellows, our God will endure no co-rivals. He is both a jealous God, and is ever amongst us, so that our faults, our furtas, cannot be hid from his eyes. Now he that dares sin, though he know God looks on, is more impudent in sinning than was Absalom, when he spread a tent upon the top of the house, and went in to his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel and of the sun.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
destroy = cut off: exterminate. Hebrew. shamad.
earth. Hebrew. ‘adamah, ground, cultivated land.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
is a jealous: Deu 4:24, Exo 20:5, Amo 3:2, 1Co 10:22
lest: Deu 7:4, Deu 11:17, Num 32:10-15, 2Ch 36:16, Psa 90:7, Psa 90:11
destroy: Gen 7:4, Exo 32:12, 1Ki 13:34, Amo 9:8
Reciprocal: Exo 34:14 – jealous God Jdg 2:12 – other gods 2Ch 28:6 – because Jer 7:6 – neither walk Jer 28:16 – I will Eze 8:3 – provoketh 2Co 6:16 – what
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Deu 6:15-17. Is a jealous God among you Hebrew, In the midst of you; to see and observe all your ways, and your turnings aside to other gods. Ye shall not tempt Not provoke him, as the following instance explains. Sinners, especially presumptuous sinners, are said to tempt God; that is, to make a trial of God, whether he be so wise as to see their sins, so just, and true, and powerful, as to take vengeance on them, concerning which they are very apt to doubt, because of the present impunity and prosperity of many such persons. Ye shall diligently keep Negligence will ruin us; but we cannot be saved without diligence.