Deu 7:7-9, 9:5, 10:15, Psa 105:6-10, Isa 41:8-9, Jer 31:1, Mal 1:2 | ESV | STEP | It was not because you were more in number than any other people that the Lord set his love on you and chose you, for you were the fewest of all peoples ,

t[See ver. 8 above]

u[See ver. 8 above]

v ch. 30:24

w[2 Cor. 6:18]; See ch. 30:22

x Deut. 7:8; Jer. 31:3

y[ch. 2:14, 17; 3:7, 8, 13]

z[Amos 1:11; Obad. 10]

aaCited Rom. 9:13

Deuteronomy 7:7-9

7 It was not because you were more in number than any other people that the Lord set his love on you and chose you, for you were the fewest of all peoples, 8 but ^ait is because the Lord loves you and is keeping ^bthe oath that he swore to your fathers, that the Lord has brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. 9 Know therefore that the Lord your God is God, ^cthe faithful God ^dwho keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations,

Deuteronomy 9:5

5 ^eNot because of your righteousness or the uprightness of your heart are you going in to possess their land, but because of the wickedness of these nations the Lord your God is driving them out from before you, and that he may confirm ^fthe word that the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

Deuteronomy 10:15

15 Yet ^gthe Lord set his heart in love on your fathers and chose their offspring after them, you above all peoples, as you are this day.

Psalms 105:6-10

6 O offspring of ^hAbraham, his servant,
children of Jacob, his ⁱchosen ones!
7 He is the Lord our God;
his ^jjudgments are in all the earth.
8 He ^kremembers his covenant forever,
the word that he commanded, for ^la thousand generations,
9 ^mthe covenant that he made with Abraham,
his ⁿsworn promise to Isaac,
10 which he confirmed to ^oJacob as a statute,
to Israel as an everlasting covenant,

Isaiah 41:8-9

8 But you, Israel, ^pmy servant,
Jacob, ^qwhom I have chosen,
the offspring of Abraham, ^rmy friend;
9 you whom I took from the ends of the earth,
and called ^sfrom its farthest corners,
saying to you, “You are ^tmy servant,
^uI have chosen you and not cast you off”;

Jeremiah 31:1

The Lord Will Turn Mourning to Joy

1 ^v“At that time, declares the Lord, ^wI will be the God of all the clans of Israel, and they shall be my people.”

Malachi 1:2

The Lord’s Love for Israel

2 ^x“I have loved you,” says the Lord. ^yBut you say, “How have you loved us?” “Is not Esau ^zJacob’s brother?” declares the Lord. “Yet ^aaI have loved Jacob