Deuteronomy 7:6–13

⁶For you are a holy people ^hbelonging to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you to be His own possession ⁱout of all the peoples on the face of the earth.

⁷“The Lord was devoted to you and chose you, not because you were more numerous than all peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples. ⁸But because the Lord loved ^jyou and kept the oath He swore to your fathers, He brought you out with a strong hand and redeemed ^kyou from the place of slavery, from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt. ⁹Know that Yahweh your God is God, the faithful God who keeps His gracious covenant loyalty for a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commands. ^l10But He directly pays back ^mand destroys those who hate Him. ⁿHe will not hesitate to directly pay back ^othe one who hates Him. ¹¹So keep the command—the statutes and ordinances—that I am giving you to follow today.

¹²“If you listen to and are careful to keep these ordinances, the Lord your God will keep His covenant loyalty with you, as He swore to your fathers. ^p13He will love you, bless you, and multiply you. He will bless your descendants, ^qrand the produce of your land—your grain, new wine, and oil—the young of your herds, and the newborn of your flocks, in the land He swore to your fathers that He would give you.