1 Chronicles 17:21

21 And who is like your people Israel, the one[a] nation on earth whom God went to redeem to be his people, making for yourself a name for great and awesome things, in driving out nations before your people whom you redeemed from Egypt?

1 Chronicles 17:21 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 17:21

(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 17:1).

1 Chronicles 17:21 In-Context

19 For your servant's sake, O LORD, and according to your own heart, you have done all this greatness, in making known all these great things.
20 There is none like you, O LORD, and there is no God besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
21 And who is like your people Israel, the one nation on earth whom God went to redeem to be his people, making for yourself a name for great and awesome things, in driving out nations before your people whom you redeemed from Egypt?
22 And you made your people Israel to be your people forever, and you, O LORD, became their God.
23 And now, O LORD, let the word that you have spoken concerning your servant and concerning his house be established forever, and do as you have spoken,

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Septuagint, Vulgate other
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