CHAPTER XXX _Gracious promises are given to the penitent_, 1-6. _The Lord will circumcise their heart, and put all these curses_ _on their enemies, if they hearken to his voice and keep his_ _testimonies_, 7-10. _The word is near to them, and easy to be understood_, 11-14. _Life and death, a b... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Deuteronomy 30:3. _GATHER THEE FROM ALL THE NATIONS_] This must refer to a more extensive captivity than that which they suffered in Babylon.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Deuteronomy 30:5. _WILL BRING THEE INTO THE LAND_] As this promise refers to a return from a captivity in which they had been scattered among all nations, consequently it is not the Babylonish captivity which is intended; and the repossession of their land must be different from that which was... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Deuteronomy 30:6. _GOD WILL CIRCUMCISE THINE HEART_] This promise remains yet to be fulfilled. Their heart, as a people, has never yet been circumcised; nor have the various promises in this chapter been ever yet fulfilled. There _remaineth_, therefore, a rest for this people of God. Now, as... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Deuteronomy 30:11. _THIS COMMANDMENT _- IS _NOT HIDDEN_] Not too _wonderful_ or difficult for thee to comprehend or perform, as the word _niphleth_ implies. _Neither is it far off _- the word or _doctrine_ of salvation shall be proclaimed in your own land; for HE is to be born in _Bethlehem of... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Deuteronomy 30:12. _IT IS NOT IN HEAVEN_] Shall not be communicated in that way in which the prophets received the living oracles; but the WORD shall _be made flesh, and dwell among you_.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Deuteronomy 30:13. _NEITHER_ IS _IT BEYOND THE SEA_] Ye shall not be obliged to travel for it to distant nations, because _salvation is_ _of the_ JEWS.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Deuteronomy 30:14. _BUT THE WORD_ IS _VERY NIGH UNTO THEE_] The doctrine of salvation preached by the apostles; _in thy mouth_, the promises of redemption made by the prophets forming a part of every Jew's creed; _in thy heart _- the power to believe with the heart unto righteousness, that the... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Deuteronomy 30:15. _LIFE AND GOOD_] Present and future blessings. _DEATH AND EVIL_] Present and future miseries: termed, Deuteronomy 30:19, _Life and death, blessing and cursing_. And why were these set _before them_? 1. That they might _comprehend_ their import. 2. That they might _feel_ t... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Deuteronomy 30:19. See the note on the preceding verse. See Clarke on De 30:15... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Deuteronomy 30:20. _THAT THOU MAYEST LOVE THE LORD_] Without _love_ there can be no _obedience_. _OBEY HIS VOICE_] Without _obedience_ love is _fruitless_ and dead. _AND - CLEAVE UNTO HIM_] Without _close attachment_ and _perseverance_, temporary love, however sincere and fervent - temporar... [ Continue Reading ]