Deuteronomy 7:7 (GNV)

Passage

The Lord did not set his loue vpon you, nor chose you, because ye were more in number then any people: for ye were the fewest of all people:

Nearby Context

Deuteronomy 7:5 But thus ye shall deale with them, Ye shall ouerthrowe their altars, and breake downe their pillars, and ye shall cut downe their groues, and burne their grauen images with fire.

Deuteronomy 7:6 For thou art an holy people vnto the Lord thy God, the Lord thy God hath chosen thee, to be a precious people vnto himselfe, aboue all people that are vpon the earth.

Deuteronomy 7:7 The Lord did not set his loue vpon you, nor chose you, because ye were more in number then any people: for ye were the fewest of all people:

Deuteronomy 7:8 But because the Lord loued you, and because hee would keepe the othe which hee had sworne vnto your fathers, the Lord hath brought you out by a mightie hand, and deliuered you out of the house of bondage from the hand of Pharaoh King of Egypt,

Deuteronomy 7:9 That thou mayest knowe, that the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithfull God which keepeth couenant and mercie vnto them that loue him and keepe his commandements, euen to a thousand generations,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "lord", "loue", "vpon", "chose", "number", "people", and "fewest". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "lord" and "loue", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "For thou art an holy people vnto..." into verse 8's "But because the Lord loued you and...", so "lord" and "loue" belong inside that flow. In Deuteronomy context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "lord" and "loue" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.