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God's Justice is Personal
Commentators explain that God repaying those who hate Him "to their face" means His judgment is not abstract or distant. It is a direct, personal, and often public consequence for sin. Scholars like John Calvin suggest it signifies God directly confronting and humbling the pride of those who audaciously defy Him.
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Deuteronomy
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Albert Barnes
On Deuteronomy 7:1–11
18th Century
Theologian
See (Deuteronomy 6:10) note.
(Deuteronomy 7:5) Their groves - Render, their idols of wood: the reference is t…
Charles Ellicott
On Deuteronomy 7:9–11
19th Century
Bishop
These verses are a direct comment on the second commandment. Thousands of them that love Him are here expanded into a thousand generat…
John Calvin
On Deuteronomy 7:10
16th Century
Theologian
And repays those who hate him. No mention is made here of the vengeance “to the third and fourth generation.”222
Those w…
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John Gill
On Deuteronomy 7:10
17th Century
Pastor
And repays them that hate him to their face, to destroy
them
Openly, publicly, and at …
Matthew Henry
On Deuteronomy 7:1–11
17th Century
Minister
Here is a strict caution against all friendship and fellowship with idols and idolaters. Those who are in communion with God must have no associati…