Deuteronomy 7:7-11 - The Basis Of Israel's Election

⁷ "Yahweh loved you and chose you not {because of your great number} exceeding all [other] peoples, for you [are] fewer than all of the peoples, ⁸ but {because of} the love of Yahweh [for] you and because of his keeping [of] the sworn oath that he swore to your ancestors, Yahweh brought you [out] with a strong hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. ⁹ [So] know that Yahweh your God, he [is] God, the trustworthy God, maintaining his covenant and his loyal love with those who love him and with those who keep his commandments to a thousand generations, ¹⁰ but repaying those who hate him {in their own person} to destroy them; he is not slow with those who hate him {in their own person}; he repays them. ¹¹ And [so] you shall keep the commandment and the rules and the regulations that I [am] commanding you {today} to observe them.