Deuteronomy 28:9

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

The LORD shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, and walk in his ways.

Establish

Sworn

General references

Genesis 5:22

Deuteronomy 14:2

Bible References

Establish

For you are a holy people to the Lord your God: marked out by the Lord your God to be his special people out of all the nations on the face of the earth.

And the Lord has made it clear this day that you are a special people to him, as he gave you his word; and that you are to keep all his orders;

And so that he may make you his people today, and be your God, as he has said to you, and as he made an oath to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

And I will make between me and you and your seed after you through all generations, an eternal agreement to be a God to you and to your seed after you.

If now you will truly give ear to my voice and keep my agreement, you will be my special property out of all the peoples: for all the earth is mine:

And of Zion it will be said, This or that man had his birth there; and the Most High will make her strong.

And I will give you judges again as at the first, and wise guides as in the past; then you will be named, The Town of Righteousness, the true town.

And they will be named, The holy people, Those whose cause has been taken up by the Lord: and you will be named, Desired, A town not given up.

But the Lord is true, who will give you strength and keep you safe from evil.

Who gave himself for us, so that he might make us free from all wrongdoing, and make for himself a people clean in heart and on fire with good works.

But you are a special people, a holy nation, priests and kings, a people given up completely to God, so that you may make clear the virtues of him who took you out of the dark into the light of heaven.

And after you have undergone pain for a little time, the God of all grace who has given you a part in his eternal glory through Christ Jesus, will himself give you strength and support, and make you complete in every good thing;

Sworn

But because of his love for you, and in order to keep his oath to your fathers, the Lord took you out with the strength of his hand, making you free from the prison-house and from the hand of Pharaoh, king of Egypt.

Keep not a thing of what is cursed for yourselves: so the Lord may be turned away from the heat of his wrath, and have mercy on you, and give you increase as he said in his oath to your fathers:

With the purpose of taking part in the agreement of the Lord your God, and his oath which he makes with you today:

If now you will truly give ear to my voice and keep my agreement, you will be my special property out of all the peoples: for all the earth is mine:

So that I may give effect to the oath which I made to your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey as at this day. And I said in answer, So be it, O Lord.

For when God made his oath to Abraham, because there was no greater oath, he made it by himself,

General references

And after the birth of Methuselah, Enoch went on in God's ways for three hundred years, and had sons and daughters:

For you are a holy people to the Lord your God, and the Lord has taken you to be his special people out of all the nations on the face of the earth.