But, etc.] Heb. But you, emphatic, hath Jehovah taken. Israel, so taken and redeemed, must worship Him alone.

out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt Cp. the deuteronomic 1 Kings 8:51 and Jeremiah 11:4. The increase of references to iron-smelting from the 8th cent, onwards is noteworthy; Jerusalem, i. 332.

a people of inheritance cp. Deuteronomy 32:9; elsewhere in D a peculiar people, cp. Deuteronomy 7:6.

as at this day See Deuteronomy 2:30.

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