SEV Biblia, Chapter 4:20
Pero a vosotros el SEÑOR os tomó, y os ha sacado del horno de hierro, de Egipto, para que le seáis por pueblo de su heredad como parece en este día.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 4:20
Verse 20. Out of the iron furnace] From this mention of the word iron furnace there can be little doubt that the Israelites were employed in Egypt in the most labourious works of metallurgy. Digging, smelting, and forging of iron in so hot a climate must have been oppressive work indeed.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 20. But the Lord hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace , etc.] The allusion is to the trying and melting of metals, and fleeing them from dross, by putting them into furnaces strongly heated, some of which are of earth, others of iron; the word, as the Jewish writers observe, signifies such an one in which gold and silver and other things are melted; (see Psalm 12:6 Proverbs 17:3) even “out of Egypt”; which is here compared to an iron furnace, because of the cruelty with which the Israelites were used in it, the hardships they were put under, and the misery and bondage they were kept in; but out of all the Lord brought them, as he does all his people sooner or later out of their afflictions, sometimes called the furnace of affliction, ( Isaiah 48:10) where their graces are tried, and they are purged, purified, and refined from their dross and tin. This the Lord did to Israel, he brought them out of their distressed state and condition: to be unto him a people of inheritance, as ye are this day : to be the Lord’s inheritance, as they now were, ( Deuteronomy 32:9) as well as they were quickly to inherit the land of Canaan, for which they were brought out of the land of Egypt; and indeed they were already, even that day, entered on their inheritance, the kingdom of the Amorites being delivered into their hands.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-23 - The power and love of God to Israel are here made the ground and reaso of a number of cautions and serious warnings; and although there is much reference to their national covenant, yet all may be applied to those who live under the gospel. What are laws made for but to be observed and obeyed? Our obedience as individuals cannot meri salvation; but it is the only evidence that we are partakers of the gift of God, which is eternal life through Jesus Christ, Considerin how many temptations we are compassed with, and what corrupt desires we have in our bosoms, we have great need to keep our hearts with all diligence. Those cannot walk aright, who walk carelessly. Moses charge particularly to take heed of the sin of idolatry. He shows how weak the temptation would be to those who thought aright; for these pretende gods, the sun, moon, and stars, were only blessings which the Lor their God had imparted to all nations. It is absurd to worship them shall we serve those that were made to serve us? Take heed lest y forget the covenant of the Lord your God. We must take heed lest at an time we forget our religion. Care, caution, and watchfulness, are help against a bad memory.
Original Hebrew
ואתכם 853 לקח 3947 יהוה 3068 ויוצא 3318 אתכם 853 מכור 3564 הברזל 1270 ממצרים 4714 להיות 1961 לו לעם 5971 נחלה 5159 כיום 3117 הזה׃ 2088
