For he said, surely they are my people,.... Not in common with the rest of mankind, being his creatures, and the care of his providence; but his special people, whom he had chosen to be such, and had made a covenant with; he had avouched them for his people, and they had avouched him to be the Lord their God; and this covenant interest was the ground and foundation of the actual donation and application of all the blessings of grace and goodness to them before mentioned.
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Isaiah 63:8
Isaiah 63:8
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain
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