Deuteronomy 30

Chapter 30

Restoration Promised

¹“So it shall be when all of these things have come upon you, ^athe blessing and the curse which I have set before you, and you ¹call them to mind ^bin all nations where the Lord your God has banished you,

²and you ^areturn to the Lord your God and ¹obey Him ^bwith all your heart and soul according to all that I command you today, you and your sons,

³then the Lord your God will ^arestore ¹you from captivity, and have compassion on you, and ^bwill gather you again from all the peoples where the Lord your God has ^cscattered you.

⁴“If your outcasts are at the ends of the ¹earth, ^afrom there the Lord your God will gather you, and from there He will ²bring you back.

⁵“^aThe Lord your God will bring you into the land which your fathers possessed, and you shall possess it; and He will prosper you and ^bmultiply you more than your fathers.

⁶“Moreover ^athe Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your ¹descendants, ^bto love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, so that you may live.

⁷“^aThe Lord your God will ¹inflict all these curses on your enemies and on those who hate you, who persecuted you.

⁸“And you shall again ¹obey the Lord, and observe all His commandments which I command you today.

⁹“^aThen the Lord your God will ¹prosper you abundantly in all the work of your hand, in the ²offspring of your ³body and in the offspring of your cattle and in the produce of your ground, for ^bthe Lord will again rejoice over you for good, just as He rejoiced over your fathers;

¹⁰¹if you ²obey the Lord your God to keep His commandments and His statutes which ^aare written in this book of the law, if you turn to the Lord your God ^bwith all your heart and soul.

¹¹“For this commandment which I command you today is not too difficult for you, nor is it ¹out of reach.

¹²“It is not in heaven, ¹that you should say, ‘^aWho will go up to heaven for us to get it for us and make us hear it, that we may observe it?’

¹³“Nor is it beyond the sea, ¹that you should say, ‘Who will cross the sea for us to get it for us and make us hear it, that we may observe it?’

¹⁴“But the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may observe it.

Choose Life

¹⁵“See, ^aI have set before you today life and ¹prosperity, and death and ²adversity;

¹⁶in that I command you today ^ato love the Lord your God, to walk in His ways and to keep His commandments and His statutes and His judgments, that you ^bmay live and multiply, and that the Lord your God may bless you in the land where you are entering to possess it.

¹⁷“But if your heart turns away and you will not obey, but are drawn away and worship other gods and serve them,

¹⁸I declare to you today that ^ayou shall surely perish. You will not prolong your days in the land where you are crossing the Jordan to enter ¹and possess it.

¹⁹“^aI call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, ^bthe blessing and the curse. So choose life in order that you may live, you and your ¹descendants,

^20aby loving the Lord your God, by obeying His voice, and ^bby holding fast to Him; ^cfor ¹this is your life and the length of your days, ²that you may live in ^dthe land which the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give them.”