Deuteronomy 7:8

“But because the Lord loved you, etc.] With an unmerited love; he loved them, because he loved them; that is, because he would love them; his love was not owing to any goodness in them, or done by them, or any love in them to him, but to his own good will and pleasure: and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers; the promise he had made, confirmed by an oath: hath the Lord brought you out with a mighty hand; out of the land of Egypt: and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen; where they were bondmen to the Egyptians: from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt; who detained them, and refused to let them go. Ver. 9 Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is God,…”

“See Deuteronomy 6:10 note. Deuteronomy 7:5 Their groves - Render, their idols of wood: the reference is to the wooden trunk used as a representation of Ashtaroth; see Deuteronomy 7:13 and Exodus 34:13 note. Deuteronomy 7:7 The fewest of all people - God chose for Himself Israel, when as yet but a single family, or rather a single person, Abraham; though there were already numerous nations and powerful kingdoms in the earth. Increase Deuteronomy 1:10; Deuteronomy 10:22 had taken place because of the very blessing of God spoken of in Deuteronomy 7:8. Deuteronomy 7:10 Repayeth them that hate him to their face - i. e., punishes His enemies in their own proper persons. return to 'Top of Page'”

“The Lord loved you - It was his free choice without any cause or motive on your part. Deuteronomy 7:10”

“because: Deu 4:37, Deu 9:4, Deu 9:5, Deu 10:15; Sa1 12:22; Sa2 22:20; Psa 44:3; Isa 43:4; Jer 31:3; Zep 3:17; Mat 11:26; Eph 2:4, Eph 2:5; Th2 2:13, Th2 2:14; Tit 3:3-7; Jo1 4:19 oath: Gen 22:16-18; Exo 32:13; Psa 105:8-10, Psa 105:42; Luk 1:55, Luk 1:72, Luk 1:73; Heb 6:13-17 Lord brought: Deu 4:20, Deu 4:34; Exo 12:41, Exo 12:42, Exo 13:3, Exo 13:14, Exo 20:2 Deuteronomy 7:9”