12Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these judgments, and keep, and do them, that the LORD thy God shall keep unto thee the covenant and the mercy which he sware unto thy fathers:
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: …
Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;
If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them; …
He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations. …
To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant; …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 12-26)Here, I. The caution against idolatry is repeated, and against communion with idolaters: “Thou shalt consume the people, and not serve their gods.” Deut. 7:16. We are in danger of having fellowship with the works of darkness if we take pleasure in fellowship with those that do those works. Here is also a repetition of the charge to destroy the images, Deut. 7:25 , 26 . The idols which the heathen…
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