Deu 30 | NASB2020 | STEP | “So it will be when all of these things have come upon you, the blessing and the curse which I have placed before you, and you call them to mind in all the nations where the Lord your God has scattered you,

Deuteronomy 30

Restoration Promised

1 “So it will be when all of these things have come upon you, ^athe blessing and the curse which I have placed before you, and you ^{▼▼Lit return them to your heart}call them to mind ^cin all the nations where the Lord your God has scattered you, 2 and you ^dreturn to the Lord your God and ^{▼▼Lit listen to His voice}obey Him ^fwith 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 ^grestore ^{▼▼Lit your captivity}you from captivity, and have compassion on you, and ⁱwill gather you again from all the peoples where the Lord your God has ^jscattered you. 4 If any of your scattered countrymen are at the ^{▼▼Lit end of the sky}ends of the earth, ^lfrom there the Lord your God will gather you, and from there He will ^{▼▼Lit take you}bring you back. 5 ⁿThe 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 ^omake you more numerous than your fathers.

6 “Moreover, ^pthe Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the hearts of your ^{▼▼Lit seed}descendants, ^rto love the Lord your God with all your heart and all your soul, so that you may live. 7 ^sAnd the Lord your God will ^{▼▼Lit give}inflict all these curses on your enemies and on those who hate you, who persecuted you. 8 And you will again ^{▼▼Lit listen to the voice of}obey the Lord, and ^{▼▼Lit perform}follow all His commandments which I am commanding you today. 9 ^wThen the Lord your God will prosper you ^{▼▼Lit for good}abundantly in every work of your hand, in the ^{▼▼Lit fruit}children of your womb, the ^{▼▼Lit fruit}offspring of your cattle, and in the ^{▼▼Lit fruit}produce of your ground, for ^abthe Lord will again rejoice over you for good, just as He rejoiced over your fathers; 10 ^{▼▼Or for you will}if you ^{▼▼Lit listen to the voice of}obey the Lord your God, to keep His commandments and His statutes which ^aeare written in this Book of the Law, ^{▼▼Or for you will}if you turn to the Lord your God ^agwith 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, ^{▼▼Lit to say}that you could say, ‘ ^aiWho will go up to heaven for us and get it for us, and proclaim it to us, so that we may ^{▼▼Lit perform}follow it?’ 13 Nor is it beyond the sea, ^{▼▼Lit to say}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 ^{▼▼Lit perform}follow it?’ 14 On the contrary, the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may ^{▼▼Lit perform}follow it.

Choose Life

15 “See, ^anI have placed before you today life and ^{▼▼Lit good}happiness, and death and ^{▼▼Lit evil}adversity, 16 in that I am commanding you today ^aqto love the Lord your God, to walk in His ways and to keep His commandments, His statutes, and His judgments, so that you ^armay 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 ^asyou will certainly perish. You will not prolong your days in the land where you are crossing the Jordan to enter ^{▼▼Lit to}and take possession of it. 19 ^auI call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have placed before you life and death, ^avthe blessing and the curse. So choose life in order that you may live, you and your ^{▼▼Lit seed}descendants, 20 ^axby loving the Lord your God, by obeying His voice, and ^ayby holding close to Him; ^azfor ^{▼▼Lit that}this is your life and the length of your days, ^{▼▼Lit to dwell}so that you may live in ^bcthe land which the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give them.”