9:5
Moses emphasises the point here. It was not because of any righteousness or integrity on the part of the Israelties, for they had none! It was on account of the wickedness of the current occupants, and to fulfil the covenant that God had made to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. We can see here that we should beware of looking at anything from a one dimensional perspective. God was fulfilling the promises made to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, but that was not all that He was doing. Nor was judgement upon the people all that God was doing.
9:6
God makes it clear that the Israelites are totally undeserving and need to be disavowed of any notion that they are deserving. Far from being deserving, they are “a stiff-necked people”. Failing to accept this latter fact was a consistent failing of Israel, seen most clearly in the reaction of the religious leaders to Jesus.
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