As “the book of the covenant” (Exodus 20:22-33) concludes with promises and warnings (Exodus 23:20–33), so does this collec…

That shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant. —Better, that shall avenge my covenant, that is, the sword, which …

And I will bring a sword upon you. There is no doubt that He means the hostile swords of all the nations, by which the Israelites were sor…

And I will bring a sword upon you War upon them by the sword of their enemies; they that use and kill with the sword, as …

After God has set the ble ing before them that would make them a happy people if they were obedient, He here sets the curse before them—the evils t…