⁴⁵ “So all these curses shall come upon you and pursue you and overtake you ^(A)until you are destroyed, because you would not ^[a]obey the Lord your God by keeping His commandments and His statutes which He commanded you. ⁴⁶ And they will become ^(B)a sign and a wonder ^[b]against you and your ^[c]descendants forever.

⁴⁷ “^(C)Since you did not serve the Lord your God with joy and a cheerful heart, in gratitude for the abundance of all things,

Restoration Promised

30 “So it will be when all of these things have come upon you, ^(A)the blessing and the curse which I have placed before you, and you ^[a]call them to mind ^(B)in all the nations where the Lord your God has scattered you, ² and you ^(C)return to the Lord your God and ^[b]obey Him ^(D)with all your heart and soul in accordance with everything that I am commanding you today, you and your sons, ³ then the Lord your God will ^(E)restore ^[c]you from captivity, and have compassion on you, and ^(F)will gather you again from all the peoples where the Lord your God has ^(G)scattered you. ⁴ If any of your scattered countrymen are at the ^[d]ends of the earth, ^(H)from there the Lord your God will gather you, and from there He will ^[e]bring you back. ^5 (I)The Lord your God will bring you into the land which your fathers possessed, and you shall possess it; and He will be good to you and ^(J)make you more numerous than your fathers.

⁶ “Moreover, ^(K)the Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the hearts of your ^[f]descendants, ^(L)to love the Lord your God with all your heart and all your soul, so that you may live.

Choose Life

¹⁵ “See, ^(A)I have placed before you today life and ^[a]happiness, and death and ^[b]adversity, ¹⁶ in that I am commanding you today ^(B)to love the Lord your God, to walk in His ways and to keep His commandments, His statutes, and His judgments, so that you ^(C)may live and become numerous, and that the Lord your God may bless you in the land where you are entering to take possession of it. ¹⁷ But if your heart turns away and you will not obey, but allow yourself to be led astray and you worship other gods and serve them, ¹⁸ I declare to you today that ^(D)you will certainly perish. You will not prolong your days in the land where you are crossing the Jordan to enter ^[c]and take possession of it. ^19 (E)I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have placed before you life and death, ^(F)the blessing and the curse. So choose life in order that you may live, you and your ^[d]descendants, ^20 (G)by loving the Lord your God, by obeying His voice, and ^(H)by holding close to Him; ^(I)for ^[e]this is your life and the length of your days, ^[f]so that you may live in ^(J)the land which the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give them.”