 | 1838 - 786 pages
...chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth. The Lord did not set his love upon you, nor choose...keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers." Deut. vii. 6, 7, 8. " For they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out... | |
 | 1838 - 668 pages
...this Moses tells them was pure favour, without any worth or worthiness in them. His words are these, " The Lord did not set his love upon you nor choose...Lord loved you, and because he would keep the oath he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the Lord brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you... | |
 | 1842 - 268 pages
...of individual persons to life eternal — (Deut. vii. 6, 7., compared with chapter ix. 4 — 6). " The Lord did not set His love upon you, nor choose...any people ; for ye were the fewest of all people :" not because they were better than other people, for they were a " stiff-necked and rebellious people;"... | |
 | 1838 - 1196 pages
...chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people 7 that are upon the face of the earth. for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LOUD, in an acceptable 8 the fewest of all people : but because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which... | |
 | John Howe - Puritans - 1838 - 662 pages
...The Lord did not set his love upon you, (said Moses,) because ye were more in number than any other people : for ye were the fewest of all people; but because the Lord loved you, Deut. vii. 7, 8. And why did he love them1! why did he so peculiarly favour them 1 The matter resolves... | |
 | Christian life - 1838 - 638 pages
...chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth. The Lord did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye are more in number than any people ; for ye were the fewest of all people that are upon the face of... | |
 | Robert P. Lightner - Religion - 1967 - 176 pages
...When explaining the choice of the Israelites as a nation, in which there were many rebels, God said, "The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose...keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers . . ." (Deut. 7:7, 8). Again, in a context dealing with idolatry and apostasy on the part of the nation,... | |
 | James Montgomery Boice - Religion - 1998 - 148 pages
...Israel to be the nation through which He gave the Law and would one day send the Saviour. We read, "The Lord did not set His love upon you, nor choose...fewest of all people. But because the Lord loved you ..." (w. 7-8). Why did God love them? Because He loved them. Why did He choose them? Because He chose... | |
 | Ya'acov Agam - Bible - 1993 - 688 pages
...were more in number than any people ; for you were the fewest of all peoples : but because the LORD 8 loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn to your fathers, has the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house... | |
 | William F. Kerr - Religion - 2000 - 164 pages
...chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth. The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose...you, because ye were more in number than any people . . . but because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had swom unto your... | |
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The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people: 8 But because the LORD loved you... 
