Deuteronomy 4:25-31

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 4:25-26

THE LAW OF RIGHTEOUSNESS‘When ye … shall corrupt yourselves.… Ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land.’ Deuteronomy 4:25-Ezekiel : Over and over again in Scripture we are taught, and for the most part are taught in vain, that righteousness is the one end of life, that righteousness delivereth from death; that circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but to keep the Commandments of God. If we would enter into life we are told as the one indispensable requisite we must... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 4:25-29

What Their Fate Will Be If They Turn Away From Him To Graven Images (Deuteronomy 4:25-29 ). This fate had already been portrayed by what had happened to their fathers who were driven from the land (Deuteronomy 1:44-45). It was being portrayed by what would happen to Moses who was to be excluded from the land. It will be brought home by what should happen to the Canaanites as they are driven out and scattered. For the land can only receive and hold the good. Thus if they fail and become... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 4:30-40

Their Return Is Certain Because Of The Graciousness and Uniqueness of Yahweh (Deuteronomy 4:30-40 ). When they find themselves in tribulation and these things come on them in the latter days, they will return to Yahweh their God and listen to His voice. Here Yahweh’s sovereign purpose for Israel comes out. They were to be God’s means of blessing to the world, therefore until they had been so He would not allow them finally to cease, but would ensure that they returned to Him. And this is... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 4:1-40

Deuteronomy 4:1-Matthew : . Second Part of Moses’ First Address.— This contains exhortations to obedience from motives of self-interest and of gratitude to Yahweh, and forms an apparent logical unity with Deuteronomy 1:6 to Deuteronomy 3:29: but the two pieces had probably a separate origin. The lessons in Deuteronomy 4:1-Matthew : are not drawn immediately from chs. 1– 3. The writer of 1– 3 has in mind the events which followed the departure from Horeb: that of Deuteronomy 4:1-Matthew :... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Deuteronomy 4:25

In the sight of the Lord: these words are here added, either, 1. As a caution. Your idolatry, though possibly secretly and cunningly managed, will not be hid from him; he sees it, and he will punish it. Or, 2. To aggravate their spiritual whoredom, as being committed in the sight and presence of their Lord and Husband, whose eye is alone peculiarly upon them in all their ways, than it is upon other people. Or, 3. By way of opposition unto men’s judgment. Idolatry ofttimes seems good, and... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Deuteronomy 4:26

Heaven and earth; either, 1. Figuratively, i.e. God, and angels, and men. Or rather, 2. Properly; it being usual in Scripture to call in the senseless creatures as witnesses in such cases, as Deuteronomy 32:1; Isaiah 1:2; Jeremiah 2:12. read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Deuteronomy 4:28

i.e. Idols. You shall be compelled by men, and given up by me to idolatry. So that very thing which was your choice shall be your punishment; it being just and usual for God to punish one sin by giving them up to another, as is manifest from Romans 1:24,Romans 1:25. read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Deuteronomy 4:29

If thou seek him; if thou desirest his help and favour. See Deuteronomy 30:2; Isaiah 45:6. With all thy heart, i.e. sincerely and fervently. read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Deuteronomy 4:30

In the latter days; either in general, in succeeding ages and generations; or particularly, in the days of the Messias, which are commonly called in Scripture the latter, or last days, as Isaiah 2:2; Hosea 3:5; Micah 4:1; Daniel 2:44; Hebrews 1:2 Hebrews 1:9:26. And so this may respect the conversion and redemption of the Jewish nation even in those times when their case seems most desperate, when they have forsaken their God and rejected their Messias for many ages, to wit, towards the end of... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Deuteronomy 4:31

i.e. Made with thy fathers, including their posterity, as Genesis 17:7. read more

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