Chapter 30

Compassion for the Repentant. ^1 [a](A)When all these things, the blessing and the curse which I have set before you, come upon you,^(B) and you take them to heart in any of the nations where the Lord, your God, has dispersed you, ^2 (C)and return to the Lord, your God, obeying his voice, according to all that I am commanding you today, you and your children, with your whole heart and your whole being, ³ the Lord, your God, will restore your fortunes and will have compassion on you; he will again gather you from all the peoples where the Lord, your God, has scattered you. ⁴ Though you may have been dispersed to the farthest corner of the heavens, even from there will the Lord, your God, gather you; even from there will he bring you back.^{(D) 5} The Lord, your God, will then bring you into the land your ancestors once possessed, that you may possess it; and he will make you more prosperous and numerous than your ancestors.^{(E) 6} The Lord, your God, will circumcise your hearts^[b] and the hearts of your descendants,^(F) so that you will love the Lord, your God, with your whole heart and your whole being, in order that you may live. ⁷ The Lord, your God, will put all those curses on your enemies and the foes who pursued you.^{(G) 8} You, however, shall again obey the voice of the Lord and observe all his commandments which I am giving you today. ⁹ Then the Lord, your God, will generously increase your undertakings, the fruit of your womb, the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your soil;^(H) for the Lord, your God, will again take delight in your prosperity, just as he took delight in your ancestors’, ¹⁰ because you will obey the voice of the Lord, your God, keeping the commandments and statutes that are written in this book of the law, when you return to the Lord, your God, with your whole heart and your whole being.