5One shall say, I am the LORD'S; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the LORD, and surname himself by the name of Israel.
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And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God.
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God.
Thou hast avouched the LORD this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice: …
And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-8)Two great truths are abundantly made out in these verses:— I. That the people of God are a happy people, especially upon account of the covenant that is between them and God. The people of Israel were so as a figure of the gospel Israel. Three things complete their happiness:— 1. The covenant-relations wherein they stand to God, Isa. 44:1 , 2 . Israel is here called Jeshurun—the upright one ; for…
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