Deuteronomy 4:31

31 For the LORD your God is a merciful God; He will not abandon you or destroy you or forget the covenant with your fathers, which He swore to them by oath.

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 if from there you will seek the LORD your God, you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.

30 When you are in distress and all these things have happened to you, then in later days you will return to the LORD your God and listen to His voice.

31 For the LORD your God is a merciful God; He will not abandon you or destroy you or forget the covenant with your fathers, which He swore to them by oath.

32 Indeed, ask now from one end of the heavens to the other about the days that long preceded you, from the day that God created man on earth: Has anything as great as this ever happened or been reported?

33 Has a people ever heard the voice of God speaking out of the fire, as you have, and lived?