For thou [art] an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that [are] upon the earth.
Ver. 2. For thou art.] See Trapp on " Deu 7:6 "
And the Lord hath chosen thee.] Hence all thy holiness. The maids were first purified, before Ahasuerus chose one; but here it is otherwise. Eph 5:25-26