Bible Commentary

The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold [that is] on them, nor take [it] unto thee, lest thou be snared therein: for it [is] an abomination to the LORD thy God. 25. The graven images burn with fire ] Deu 7:5. Curiously in … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 7:25”

And he shall deliver their kings into thine hand, and thou shalt destroy their name from under heaven: there shall no man be able to stand before thee, until thou have destroyed them. 24. make their name to perish, etc.] Cp blot out, Deu 9:14, Deu 25:19, Deu 29:20. stand before thee ] Lit. keep … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 7:24”

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 … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 7:23”

And the LORD thy God will put out those nations before thee by little and little: thou mayest not consume them at once, lest the beasts of the field increase upon thee. 22. cast out ] See on Deu 7:1. little and little ] So, with the same reason attached, E, Exo 23:29-30, on which … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 7:22”

Thou shalt not be frightened at them: for the LORD thy God [is] among you, a mighty God and terrible. 21. Thou shalt not be affrighted ] This, combined with the verb be afraid ( Deu 7:18), is found in Pl. passages. in the midst of thee ] Deu 6:15. great God and terrible ] … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 7:21”

Moreover the LORD thy God will send the hornet among them, until they that are left, and hide themselves from thee, be destroyed. 20. And also the hornets will Jehovah send, etc.] E twice, Exo 23:28, Jos 24:12. ‘By also D indicates that he will have the hornets understood not as the only weapon of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 7:20”

The great temptations which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched out arm, whereby the LORD thy God brought thee out: so shall the LORD thy God do unto all the people of whom thou art afraid. 19. temptations signs wonders ] See on Deu 4:34. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 7:19”

Thou shalt not be afraid of them: [but] shalt well remember what the LORD thy God did unto Pharaoh, and unto all Egypt; 18. afraid of them ] So simply, Deu 20:1; for the longer characteristic phrases see on Deu 1:21. what Jehovah thy God did ] Deu 4:34, Deu 6:21 f. Fuente: The Cambridge … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 7:18”

If thou shalt say in thine heart, These nations [are] more than I; how can I dispossess them? 17. say in thine heart ] say to thyself, or think, or imagine; but with the force of really think, Deu 9:4, Deu 18:21. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Deu 7:17-18 Thou shalt not … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 7:17”

And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that [will be] a snare unto thee. 16. consume ] Lit. eat up, a common figure, JE, Num 22:4. shall deliver ] See on Deu … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 7:16”