8<\/strong>. loveth you<\/em> ] With Israel’s love to God (see on Deu 6:5<\/span>) God’s love to Israel is equally characteristic of D and not found elsewhere in Hexateuch; first expressed and very fully in Hosea 1-3 and Hos 11:1-4<\/span>. In Deut. of God’s love to the fathers of the nation, Deu 4:37<\/span>, Deu 10:15<\/span>, both Sg.; to the nation, Deu 7:8<\/span> Pl. (editorial), Deu 7:13<\/span>, Deu 23:5<\/span> Sg.; to the stranger, Deu 10:18<\/span> Sg.<\/p>\n the oath which he sware<\/em> ] See Deu 9:5<\/span>.<\/p>\n mighty hand<\/em> ] See on Deu 3:24<\/span>.<\/p>\n redeemed you<\/em> ] Heb. thee<\/em>, and the Sg. is confirmed by Sam. and most MSS of LXX. This Sg. clause follows, not only conveniently upon Deu 7:6<\/em><\/span>, the last clause in Sg., but very appropriately because of its redeemed<\/em> and the peculiar people<\/em> of that clause.<\/p>\n redeemed<\/em> ] The ordinary term for ransoming beast or man from slavery or death (see on Exo 13:13<\/span>), is used of the redemption of Israel from Egypt in D here, Deu 13:5<\/span>, Deu 15:15<\/span>, Deu 21:8<\/span>, Deu 24:8<\/span>, all with the Sg., and in Deu 9:26<\/span> in a Pl. context; and so nowhere else in the Hexateuch.<\/p>\n Verse 8<\/span>. But because the Lord loved you<\/B><\/I>] It was no good in them that induced God to choose them at this time to be his peculiar people: he had his reasons, but these sprang from his infinite goodness. He intended to make a full discovery of his goodness to the world, and this must have a commencement in some particular place, and among some people. He chose that time, and he chose the Jewish people; but not because of their goodness or holiness.<\/P><\/p>\n Because the Lord loved you, <\/B>i.e. because it pleased him to love you; it was his free choice, without any cause or motive on your part. Compare Deu 10:15<\/span>; 1Sa 12:22<\/span>; Psa 44:3<\/span>. <\/P> <\/p>\n But because the Lord loved you<\/strong>,…. With an unmerited love; he loved them, because he loved them; that is, because he would love them; his love was not owing to any goodness in them, or done by them, or any love in them to him, but to his own good will and pleasure:<\/p>\n and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers<\/strong>; the promise he had made, confirmed by an oath:<\/p>\n hath the Lord brought you out with a mighty hand<\/strong>; out of the land of Egypt:<\/p>\n and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen<\/strong>; where they were bondmen to the Egyptians:<\/p>\n from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt<\/strong>; who detained them, and refused to let them go.<\/p>\n 8. Because he would keep the oath. The love of God is here referred back from the children to the fathers; for he addressed the men of his own generation, when he said that they were therefore God’s treasure, because He loved them; now he adds that God had not just begun to love them for the first time, but that He had originally loved their fathers, when He chose to adopt Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. But although he more clearly proves that the descendants of Abraham had deserved nothing of the kind, because they are God’s peculiar people only by right of inheritance, still it must be remarked that God was induced to be kind to Abraham by no other cause than mere generosity. A little further on, therefore, he will say that those who then survived were dear to God, because He had already loved their fathers. But now he still further commends the goodness of God, because He had handed down His covenant from the fathers to the children, to shew that He is faithful and true to His promises. At the end of the verse, he teaches that the deliverance of the people was both an effect and a testimony of that grace. <\/p>\n (8) But because the Lord loved you.<\/strong>And this, again, was not due to themselves, as he points out fully in Deu. 9:4<\/span>, &c.<\/p>\n 8<\/strong>. <\/strong> He would keep the oath <\/strong> Not for any merit on their part did Jehovah deliver them from the oppressions of Egypt. Moses seeks to impress upon them that it was God’s good pleasure to select them for a peculiar people.<\/p>\n “Handfuls of Purpose”<\/p>\n For All Gleaners<\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n “The Lord loved you.” <\/em> Deu 7:8<\/p>\n The word love is an Old Testament word. It would not be difficult to show that the tenderest expressions ever used by heaven to earth are reported not in the New Testament but in the Old. It is not enough for the people to know that their Lord is almighty, because power may become a terror. Not only power belongeth unto God but also mercy: this is the complete aspect of the divine nature. That the Lord loved Israel was shown by long-suffering, by hopeful patience, by pouring down blessing upon blessing, notwithstanding the ingratitude of the people; it would seem as if even sin itself was hardly allowed to block out the light of heaven. The love of God is the true interpretation of the history of man in all its movement towards nobility and spiritual sovereignty and rest. Nothing but love could account for the continuance of the world under all its sinfulness and ingratitude. It is love that explains the greatest revelations of God. It is love that explains the Cross of Jesus Christ. It is love that explains the assured progress of redeemed and sanctified souls. The love of God” excludes all other claims to his attention and interest: thus we are not allowed to say that God’s favours come to us on account of our merit, or ancestry, or excellence above others; whatever we have is of the free mercy and love of God. The love which explains all the past is the surest guarantee of all the future. Love never changes. What is true of divine love in the soul is true of that same love in God himself; it hopeth all things, endureth all things, believeth all things, it never faileth. It is our joy to believe in a God of love; nay, in our highest moods we do not regard love as an attribute of God, but we say God himself is love. Love does not exclude discipline. Love does not exclude anger. But on the other side, neither discipline nor anger changes or diminishes the love of God. “Good when he gives, supremely good; not less when he denies.”<\/p>\n Deu 7:8 But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.<\/p>\n Ver. 8. But because he loved you.<\/strong> ] Lo, he loved you, because he loved you. This may seem idem per idem,<\/em> a woman’s reason. But it excellently shows the ground of God’s love to be wholly in himself.<\/p>\n loved. Hebrew. ‘ahab, love in its highest sense, love that delights in its object. <\/p>\n bondmen. Compare Deu 5:6, and Exo 20:2. <\/p>\n redeemed <\/p>\n (See Scofield “Exo 14:30”). <\/p>\n because: Deu 4:37, Deu 9:4, Deu 9:5, Deu 10:15, 1Sa 12:22, 2Sa 22:20, Psa 44:3, Isa 43:4, Jer 31:3, Zep 3:17, Mat 11:26, Eph 2:4, Eph 2:5, 2Th 2:13, 2Th 2:14, Tit 3:3-7, 1Jo 4:19 <\/p>\n oath: Gen 22:16-18, Exo 32:13, Psa 105:8-10, Psa 105:42, Luk 1:55, Luk 1:72, Luk 1:73, Heb 6:13-17 <\/p>\n Lord brought: Deu 4:20, Deu 4:34, Exo 12:41, Exo 12:42, Exo 13:3, Exo 13:14, Exo 20:2 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Exo 6:6 – redeem Deu 8:18 – that he may Deu 9:26 – which thou hast brought forth Deu 23:5 – because the Deu 24:22 – General Deu 28:9 – sworn Deu 33:3 – he loved 1Ki 10:9 – because the 2Ch 2:11 – Because 2Ch 9:8 – because thy God Neh 9:8 – madest Psa 60:5 – That Psa 78:35 – their redeemer Psa 86:2 – holy Psa 107:2 – from Son 8:10 – then Isa 63:9 – in his Jer 34:13 – in the Eze 36:22 – General Hos 14:4 – I will love Mic 6:4 – and redeemed Rom 11:28 – are beloved Gal 1:15 – it 2Ti 1:9 – according to his 1Jo 4:10 – not Rev 1:5 – him<\/p>\n 7:8 But because the LORD {c} loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.<\/p>\n (c) Freely, finding no cause in you more than in others so to do.<\/p>\n But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. 8. loveth you ] With Israel’s love to … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 7:8”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5128\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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