Deuteronomy 28:9

9 The Lord will raise thee up to be a holy people to himself, as he swore to thee: if thou keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways.

Deuteronomy 28:9 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 28:9

And the Lord shall establish thee an holy people unto himself,
&c.] Having separated them from all others, for his service, honour, and glory, should continue them as such, and settle them in the land, and confirm all their privileges, natural, civil, and religious. The Targum of Jonathan is,

``the Word of the Lord shall establish thee''

he that brought them out of Egypt, through the Red sea and wilderness, to the land of Canaan: as he hath sworn unto thee:
and to their fathers; see ( Deuteronomy 7:12 Deuteronomy 7:13 ) ; if thou shall keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, and walk in
his ways;
by which tenure they held the land of Canaan, and their settlement and continuance in it, and enjoyment of all the good things thereof; see ( Isaiah 1:19 Isaiah 1:20 ) .

Deuteronomy 28:9 In-Context

7 The Lord shall cause thy enemies, that rise up against thee, to fall down before thy face: one way shall they come out against thee, and seven ways shall they flee before thee.

8 The Lord will send forth a blessing upon thy storehouses, and upon all the works of thy hands: and will bless thee in the land that thou shalt receive.

9 The Lord will raise thee up to be a holy people to himself, as he swore to thee: if thou keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways.

10 And all the people of the earth shall see that the name of the Lord is invocated upon thee, and they shall fear thee.

11 The Lord will make thee abound with all goods, with the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy cattle, with the fruit of thy land, which the Lord swore to thy fathers that he would give thee.