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, 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, 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. 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. (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.

“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. (M)And the Lord your God will [g]inflict all these curses on your enemies and on those who hate you, who persecuted you. And you will again [h]obey the Lord, and [i]follow all His commandments which I am commanding you today. (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.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 30:1 Lit return them to your heart
  2. Deuteronomy 30:2 Lit listen to His voice
  3. Deuteronomy 30:3 Lit your captivity
  4. Deuteronomy 30:4 Lit end of the sky
  5. Deuteronomy 30:4 Lit take you
  6. Deuteronomy 30:6 Lit seed
  7. Deuteronomy 30:7 Lit give
  8. Deuteronomy 30:8 Lit listen to the voice of
  9. Deuteronomy 30:8 Lit perform
  10. Deuteronomy 30:9 Lit for good
  11. Deuteronomy 30:9 Lit fruit
  12. Deuteronomy 30:9 Lit fruit
  13. Deuteronomy 30:9 Lit fruit
  14. Deuteronomy 30:10 Or for you will
  15. Deuteronomy 30:10 Lit listen to the voice of
  16. Deuteronomy 30:10 Or for you will

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) 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, 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) 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) 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. 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. The Lord your God will put all these curses(Q) on your enemies who hate and persecute you.(R) You will again obey the Lord and follow all his commands I am giving you today. Then the Lord your God will make you most prosperous in all the work of your hands and in the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock and the crops of your land.(S) The Lord will again delight(T) in you and make you prosperous, just as he delighted in your ancestors, 10 if you obey the Lord your God and keep his commands and decrees that are written in this Book of the Law(U) and turn to the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.(V)

The Offer of Life or Death

11 Now what I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach.(W)

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 30:3 Or will bring you back from captivity

30 Go, say to them, “Return to your tents.” 31 (A)But as for you, stand here by Me, that I may speak to you all the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments which you shall teach them, so that they may [a]follow them in the land which I am giving them to possess.’

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 5:31 Lit perform

30 “Go, tell them to return to their tents. 31 But you stay here(A) with me so that I may give you all the commands, decrees and laws you are to teach them to follow in the land I am giving them to possess.”

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Obey God and Prosper

“Now this is the commandment, the statutes, and the judgments which the Lord your God has commanded me to teach you, so that you may do them in the land where you are going over to take possession of it,

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Love the Lord Your God

These are the commands, decrees and laws the Lord your God directed me to teach you to observe in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess,

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20 (A)then admonish them about the statutes and the laws, and make known to them (B)the way in which they are to walk and the work they are to do.

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20 Teach them his decrees and instructions,(A) and show them the way they are to live(B) and how they are to behave.(C)

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Israel Urged to Obey God’s Law

“Now, Israel, listen to the statutes and the judgments which (A)I am teaching you to perform, so that (B)you will live and go in and take possession of the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, is giving you.

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Obedience Commanded

Now, Israel, hear the decrees(A) and laws I am about to teach(B) you. Follow them so that you may live(C) and may go in and take possession of the land the Lord, the God of your ancestors, is giving you.

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“See, I have taught you statutes and judgments (A)just as the Lord my God commanded me, that you are to do these things in the land where you are entering to take possession of it.

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See, I have taught(A) you decrees and laws(B) as the Lord my God commanded(C) me, so that you may follow them in the land you are entering(D) to take possession of it.

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