7 The Lord did not give you his love or take you for himself because you were more in number than any other people; for you were the smallest of the nations:
Your fathers went down into Egypt with seventy persons; and now the Lord your God has made you like the stars of heaven in number.
But if it is of grace, then it is no longer of works: or grace would not be grace.
Let your thoughts be turned to Abraham, your father, and to Sarah, who gave you birth: for when he was but one, my voice came to him, and I gave him my blessing, and made him a great people.
For narrow is the door and hard the road to life, and only a small number make discovery of it.
Before the children had come into existence, or had done anything good or bad, in order that God's purpose and his selection might be effected, not by works, but by him whose purpose it is, It was said to her, The older will be the servant of the younger. Even as it is said, I had love for Jacob, but for Esau I had hate. What may we say then? is God not upright? let it not be said. For he says to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and pity on whom I will have pity.
So then, at his pleasure he has mercy on a man, and at his pleasure he makes the heart hard.
And Isaiah says about Israel, Even if the number of the children of Israel is as the sand of the sea, only a small part will get salvation: For the Lord will give effect to his word on the earth, putting an end to it and cutting it short. And, as Isaiah had said before, If the Lord of armies had not given us a seed, we would have been like Sodom and Gomorrah.
See what great love the Father has given us in naming us the children of God; and such we are. For this reason the world does not see who we are, because it did not see who he was.
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Commentary on Deuteronomy 7 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 7
Moses in this chapter exhorts Israel,
Deu 7:1-11
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Deu 7:12-26
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