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It shall happen that as Yahweh rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you, so Yahweh will rejoice over you to cause you to perish, and to destroy you; and you shall be plucked from off the land where you go in to possess it.
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God's Unwavering Justice
Commentators explain that God “rejoicing” to destroy is a powerful metaphor. It doesn't mean God is cruel, but that He is so committed to His own righteousness that He must act as the “Avenger of His Law” when it is broken. His joy is in the upholding of justice, a characteristic as fundamental to His nature as His delight in showing mercy.
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Deuteronomy
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The curses correspond in form and number (Deuteronomy 28:15–19) to the blessings (Deuteronomy 28:3–6), and the special ways…
19th Century
Anglican
As the Lord rejoiced over you. —See on Deuteronomy 30:9.
16th Century
Protestant
And it shall come to pass, that as the Lord rejoiced over you. The wonderful and inestimable love of God toward His people is here set for…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And it shall come to pass, [that] as the Lord rejoiced over you to do you good The Wo…
If God inflicts vengeance, what miseries His curse can bring upon humankind, even in this present world! Yet these are but the beginning of sorrows…