John Gill Commentary Deuteronomy 7:8

John Gill Commentary

Deuteronomy 7:8

1697–1771
Reformed Baptist
John Gill
John Gill

John Gill Commentary

Deuteronomy 7:8

1697–1771
Reformed Baptist
SCRIPTURE

"but because Jehovah loveth you, and because he would keep the oath which he sware unto your fathers, hath Jehovah brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt." — Deuteronomy 7:8 (ASV)

But because the Lord loved you 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:

and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers; the promise he had made, confirmed by an oath:

has the Lord brought you out with a mighty hand; out of the land of Egypt:

and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen; where they were bondmen to the Egyptians:

from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt; who detained them, and refused to let them go.