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Deuteronomy 30:9-14
Sunday Between July 10 and 16 (Proper 10) C (First Reading) July 12, 1998
Deut. 30:9-14
Then the Lord your God will make you most prosperous in all the work of your hands and in
the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock and the crops of your land. The Lord
will again delight in you and make you prosperous, just as he delighted in your fathers,
[10] if you obey the Lord your God and keep his commands and decrees that are written in
this Book of the Law and turn to the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your
soul.
[11] Now what I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach.
[12] It is not up in heaven, so that you have to ask, "Who will ascend into heaven to
get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?" [13] Nor is it beyond the sea, so
that you have to ask, "Who will cross the sea to get it and proclaim it to us so we
may obey it?" [14] No, the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your
heart so you may obey it.
(NIV)
Deut. 30:1-10 (Mercies promised to the repentant)
In this chapter is a plain intimation of the mercy God has in store for Israel in the latter days. This passage refers to the prophetic warnings of the last two chapters, which have been mainly fulfilled in the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans, and in their dispersion to the present day; and there can be no doubt that the prophetic promise contained in these verses yet remain to come to pass. The Jewish nation shall in some future period, perhaps not very distant, be converted to the faith of Christ; and, many think, again settled in the land of Canaan. The language here used is in a great measure absolute promises; not merely a conditional engagement, but declaring an event assuredly to take place. For the Lord himself here engages to "circumcise their hearts;" and when regenerating grace has removed corrupt nature, and Divine love has supplanted the love of sin, they certainly will reflect, repent, return to God, and obey him; and he will rejoice in doing them good. The change that will be wrought upon them will not be only outward, or consisting in mere opinions; it will reach to their souls. It will produce in them an utter hatred of all sin, and a fervent love to God, as their reconciled God in Christ Jesus; they will love him with all their hearts, and with all their soul. They are very far from this state of mind at present, but so were the murderers of the Lord Jesus, on the day of Pentecost; who yet in one hour were converted unto God. So shall it be in the day of God’s power; a nation shall be born in a day; the Lord will hasten it in his time. As a conditional promise this passage belongs to all persons and all people, not to Israel only; it assures us that the greatest sinners, if they repent and are converted, shall have their sins pardoned, and be restored to God’s favour.
Deut. 30:11-14 (The commandment manifest)
The law is not too high for thee. It is not only known afar off; it is not confined to men of learning. It is written in thy books, made plain, so that he who runs may read it. It is in thy mouth, in the tongue commonly used by thee, in which thou mayest hear it read, and talk of it among thy children. It is delivered so that it is level to the understanding of the meanest. This is especially true of the gospel of Christ, to which the apostle applies it. But the word is nigh us, and Christ in that word; so that if we believe with the heart, that the promises of the Messiah are fulfilled in our Lord Jesus, and confess them with our mouth, we then have Christ with us.
(Matthew Henry Concise Commentary)