Deuteronomy 4:31

31 because the Lord your God is a merciful God. He will not leave you or destroy you. He will not forget the Agreement with your ancestors, which he swore to them.

Deuteronomy 4:31 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 4:31

For the Lord thy God is a merciful God
In Christ, in whom he has proclaimed his name as such, of which Moses had a comfortable view, ( Exodus 34:6-8 ) and therefore could attest it from his own knowledge and experience:

he will not forsake thee;
though in a strange country, but bring them from thence into their own land again, and favour them with his gracious presence in his house and ordinances:

neither destroy thee;
from being a people; and in a very wonderful manner are they preserved among the nations of the earth to this day:

nor forget the covenant of thy fathers, which he sware unto them;
that a Saviour should come and turn away ungodliness from them, and take away their sins; see ( Romans 11:26 Romans 11:27 ) .

Deuteronomy 4:31 In-Context

29 But even there you can look for the Lord your God, and you will find him if you look for him with your whole being.

30 It will be hard when all these things happen to you. But after that you will come back to the Lord your God and obey him,

31 because the Lord your God is a merciful God. He will not leave you or destroy you. He will not forget the Agreement with your ancestors, which he swore to them.

32 Nothing like this has ever happened before! Look at the past, long before you were even born. Go all the way back to when God made humans on the earth, and look from one end of heaven to the other. Nothing like this has ever been heard of!

33 No other people have ever heard God speak from a fire and have still lived. But you have.