The Blessings at Mount Gerizim

28 “^(A)Now it shall be, if you diligently ^[a]obey the Lord your God, being careful to do all His commandments which I am commanding you today, that the Lord your God ^(B)will put you high above all the nations of the earth. ² And all these blessings will come to you and ^(C)reach you if you ^[b]obey the Lord your God:

³ “Blessed will you be in the city, and blessed will you be ^(D)in the ^[c]country.

⁴ “Blessed will be the ^[d]children of your womb, the ^[e]produce of your ground, and the ^[f]offspring of your animals: the newborn of your herd and the young of your flock.

⁵ “Blessed will be your basket and your kneading bowl.

⁶ “Blessed will you be ^(E)when you come in, and blessed will you be when you go out.

⁷ “The Lord will cause your enemies who rise up against you to be ^[g]defeated by you; they will go out against you one way and will flee at your presence seven ways. ⁸ The Lord will command the blessing for you in your ^[h]barns and in ^(F)everything that you put your hand to, and He will bless you in the land that the Lord your God is giving you. ^9 (G)The Lord will establish you as a holy people to Himself, as He swore to you, if you keep the commandments of the Lord your God and walk in His ways. ¹⁰ So all the peoples of the earth will see that ^[i](H)you are called by the name of the Lord, and they will be afraid of you. ^11 (I)And the Lord will give you more than enough prosperity, in the ^[j]children of your womb, in the ^[k]offspring of your livestock, and in the ^[l]produce of your ground, in the land which the Lord swore to your fathers to give you. ¹² The Lord will open for you His good storehouse, the heavens, to give rain to your land in its season and to bless every work of your hand; and ^(J)you will lend to many nations, but you will not borrow. ^13 (K)And the Lord will make you the head and not the tail, and you will only be above, and not be underneath, if you listen to the commandments of the Lord your God which I am commanding you today, to ^[m]follow them carefully, ¹⁴ and ^(L)do not turn aside from any of the words which I am commanding you today, to the right or the left, to pursue other gods to serve them.

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. ^7 (M)And the Lord your God will ^[g]inflict all these curses on your enemies and on those who hate you, who persecuted you. ⁸ And you will again ^[h]obey the Lord, and ^[i]follow all His commandments which I am commanding you today. ^9 (N)Then the Lord your God will prosper you ^[j]abundantly in every work of your hand, in the ^[k]children of your womb, the ^[l]offspring of your cattle, and in the ^[m]produce of your ground, for ^(O)the Lord will again rejoice over you for good, just as He rejoiced over your fathers; ^10 [n]if you ^[o]obey the Lord your God, to keep His commandments and His statutes which ^(P)are written in this Book of the Law, ^[p]if you turn to the Lord your God ^(Q)with all your heart and soul.

¹¹ “For this commandment which I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you, nor is it far away. ¹² It is not in heaven, ^[q]that you could say, ‘^(R)Who will go up to heaven for us and get it for us, and proclaim it to us, so that we may ^[r]follow it?’ ¹³ Nor is it beyond the sea, ^[s]that you could say, ‘Who will cross the sea for us and get it for us and proclaim it to us, so that we may ^[t]follow it?’ ¹⁴ On the contrary, the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may ^[u]follow it.

Choose Life

¹⁵ “See, ^(S)I have placed before you today life and ^[v]happiness, and death and ^[w]adversity, ¹⁶ in that I am commanding you today ^(T)to love the Lord your God, to walk in His ways and to keep His commandments, His statutes, and His judgments, so that you ^(U)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.