Shēnméngjì 9:3

3 Nǐ jīnrì dàng zhīdào , Yēhéhuá nǐde shén zaì nǐ qiánmian guō qù , rútóng lièhuǒ , yào mièjué tāmen , jiāng tāmen zhìfú zaì nǐ miànqián . zhèyàng , nǐ jiù yào zhào Yēhéhuá suǒ shuō de gǎn chū tāmen , shǐ tāmen sù sù mièwáng .

Shēnméngjì 9:3 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 9:3

Understand therefore this day
Or be it known to you for your encouragement, and believe it:

that the Lord thy God [is] he which goeth over before thee as a
consuming fire:
did not only go before them over the river Jordan, in a pillar of cloud and fire, to guide and direct them, and was a wall of fire around them to protect and defend them, but as a consuming fire, before which there is no standing, to destroy their enemies; see ( Deuteronomy 4:24 ) ( Hebrews 12:29 ) ,

he shall destroy them, and he shall bring them down before thy face;
be they as great and as mighty, as large and as tall as they may, they will not be able to stand before the Lord, but will soon be made low, and be easily brought down to the earth by him, and to utter destruction; which would be done in a public and visible manner, so as that the hand of the Lord would be seen in it by the Israelites:

so shalt thou drive them out, and destroy them quickly, as the Lord
hath said unto thee;
that is, the far greater part of them, and so many as to make room for the Israelites, and which was quickly done. The Jews commonly say ^F1, that they were seven years in subduing the land; otherwise they were not to be driven out and destroyed at once, but by little and little: see ( Deuteronomy 7:22 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F1 Seder Olam Rabba, c. 11. p. 31, 32.

Shēnméngjì 9:3 In-Context

1 Yǐsèliè a , nǐ dàng tīng . nǐ jīnrì yào guō Yuēdànhé , jìn qù gǎn chū bǐ nǐ qiǎng dà de guó mín , de zhe guǎngdà jiāngù , gāo de dǐng tiān de chéngyì .

2 Nà mín shì Yànà zú de rén , yòu dà yòu gāo , shì nǐ suǒ zhīdào de . yĕ céng tīngjian yǒu rén zhǐ zhe tāmen shuō , shuí néng zaì Yànà zú rén miànqián shān lì de zhù ne ,

3 Nǐ jīnrì dàng zhīdào , Yēhéhuá nǐde shén zaì nǐ qiánmian guō qù , rútóng lièhuǒ , yào mièjué tāmen , jiāng tāmen zhìfú zaì nǐ miànqián . zhèyàng , nǐ jiù yào zhào Yēhéhuá suǒ shuō de gǎn chū tāmen , shǐ tāmen sù sù mièwáng .

4 Yēhéhuá nǐde shén jiāng zhèxie guó mín cóng nǐ miànqián niǎn chū yǐhòu , nǐ xīnli bùkĕ shuō , Yēhéhuá jiāng wǒ lǐng jìnlái de zhè dì shì yīn wǒde yì . qíshí , Yēhéhuá jiāng tāmen cóng nǐ miànqián gǎn chū qù shì yīn tāmende è .

5 Nǐ jìn qù de tāmende dì , bìng bú shì yīn nǐde yì , yĕ bú shì yīn nǐ xīnli zhèngzhí , nǎi shì yīn zhèxie guó mín de è , Yēhéhuá nǐde shén jiāng tāmen cóng nǐ miànqián gǎn chū qù , yòu yīn Yēhéhuá yào jiāndéng tā xiàng nǐ lièzǔ Yàbólāhǎn , Yǐsā , Yǎgè qǐshì suǒ yīngxǔ de huà .