Prosperity After Turning to the Lord

30 When all these blessings and curses^(A) I have set before you come on you and you take them to heart wherever the Lord your God disperses you among the nations,^{(B) 2} and when you and your children return^(C) to the Lord your God and obey him with all your heart^(D) and with all your soul according to everything I command you today, ³ then the Lord your God will restore your fortunes^[a](E) and have compassion^(F) on you and gather^(G) you again from all the nations where he scattered^(H) you.^{(I) 4} Even if you have been banished to the most distant land under the heavens,^(J) from there the Lord your God will gather^(K) you and bring you back.^{(L) 5} He will bring^(M) you to the land that belonged to your ancestors, and you will take possession of it. He will make you more prosperous and numerous^(N) than your ancestors. ⁶ The Lord your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants,^(O) so that you may love^(P) him with all your heart and with all your soul, and live.

²² This is what the Sovereign Lord^(A) says:

¹⁷ “Therefore say: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will gather you from the nations and bring you back from the countries where you have been scattered, and I will give you back the land of Israel again.’^(A)

¹⁸ “They will return to it and remove all its vile images^(B) and detestable idols.^{(C) 19} I will give them an undivided heart^(D) and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone^(E) and give them a heart of flesh.^{(F) 20} Then they will follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.^(G) They will be my people,^(H) and I will be their God.^(I)

³⁴ I will bring you from the nations^(A) and gather^(B) you from the countries where you have been scattered—with a mighty hand^(C) and an outstretched arm and with outpoured wrath.^{(D) 35} I will bring you into the wilderness^(E) of the nations and there, face to face, I will execute judgment^(F) upon you. ³⁶ As I judged your ancestors in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so I will judge you, declares the Sovereign Lord.^{(G) 37} I will take note of you as you pass under my rod,^(H) and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant.^{(I) 38} I will purge^(J) you of those who revolt and rebel against me. Although I will bring them out of the land where they are living, yet they will not enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord.^(K)