Lev 26:40-45, Deu 4:29-31, Deu 30, 1Ki 8:47-50, 2Ch 6:37-39 | ESV | STEP | But if they confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their fathers in their treachery that they committed against me, and also in walking contrary to me,

40 “But if ^athey confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their fathers in their treachery that they ^bcommitted against me, and also in walking contrary to me, 41 so that I walked contrary to them and brought them into the land of their enemies—if then their ^cuncircumcised heart is ^dhumbled and they make amends for their iniquity, 42 then I will ^eremember my covenant with Jacob, and I will remember my covenant with Isaac and my covenant with Abraham, and I will ^fremember the land. 43 But ^gthe land shall be abandoned by them and enjoy its Sabbaths while it lies desolate without them, and they shall make amends for their iniquity, because they spurned my rules and their soul abhorred my statutes. 44 Yet for all that, when they are in the land of their enemies, ^hI will not spurn them, neither will I abhor them so as to destroy them utterly and ⁱbreak my covenant with them, for I am the Lord their God. 45 But I will for their sake remember the covenant with their forefathers, ^jwhom I brought out of the land of Egypt ^kin the sight of the nations, that I might be their God: I am the Lord.”

Deuteronomy 4:29-31

29 ^lBut from there you will seek the Lord your God and you will find him, if you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul. 30 When you are in tribulation, and all these things come upon you ^min the latter days, you will return to the Lord your God and obey his voice. 31 For the Lord your God is ⁿa merciful God. ^oHe will not leave you or destroy you or forget the covenant with your fathers that he swore to them.

Deuteronomy 30

Repentance and Forgiveness

1 ^p“And ^qwhen all these things come upon you, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before you, and ^ryou call them to mind among all the nations where the Lord your God has driven you, 2 and ^sreturn to the Lord your God, you and your children, and obey his voice in all that I command you today, with all your heart and with all your soul, 3 then the Lord your God ^twill restore your fortunes and have mercy on you, and he will ^ugather you again from all the peoples where the Lord your God has scattered you. 4 ^vIf your outcasts are in the uttermost parts of heaven, from there the Lord your God will gather you, and from there he will take you. 5 And the Lord your God will bring you into the land that your fathers possessed, that you may possess it. ^wAnd he will make you more prosperous and numerous than your fathers. 6 And ^xthe Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your offspring, ^yso that you will love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live. 7 And the Lord your God will put all these curses on your foes and enemies who persecuted you. 8 And you shall again obey the voice of the Lord and keep all his commandments that I command you today. 9 ^zThe Lord your God will make you abundantly prosperous in all the work of your hand, in the fruit of your womb and in the fruit of your cattle and in the fruit of your ground. ^aaFor the Lord will again take delight in prospering you, as he took delight in your fathers, 10 when you obey the voice of the Lord your God, to keep his commandments and his statutes that are written in this Book of the Law, when you turn to the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

The Choice of Life and Death

11 “For this commandment that I command you today ^abis not too hard for you, neither is it far off. 12 ^acIt is not in heaven, that you should say, ‘Who will ascend to heaven for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?’ 13 Neither is it beyond the sea, that you should say, ‘Who will go over the sea for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?’ 14 But the word is very near you. It is in your mouth and in your heart, so that you can do it.

15 “See, ^adI have set before you today life and good, death and evil. 16 If you obey the commandments of the Lord your God ^{▼▼Septuagint; Hebrew lacks If you obey the commandments of the Lord your God} that I command you today, ^afby loving the Lord your God, by walking in his ways, and by keeping his commandments and his statutes and his rules, ^{▼▼Or his just decrees} then you shall live and multiply, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land that you are entering to take possession of it. 17 But if ^ahyour heart turns away, and you will not hear, but are drawn away to worship other gods and serve them, 18 ^aiI declare to you today, that you shall surely perish. You shall not live long in the land that you are going over the Jordan to enter and possess. 19 I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, ^ajblessing and curse. Therefore choose life, that you and your offspring may live, 20 loving the Lord your God, obeying his voice ^akand holding fast to him, for ^alhe is your life and length of days, that you may dwell in ^amthe land that the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.”

1 Kings 8:47-50

47 yet ^anif they turn their heart in the land to which they have been carried captive, and repent and plead with you in the land of their captors, saying, ^ao‘We have sinned and have acted perversely and wickedly,’ 48 ^apif they repent with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies, who carried them captive, and pray to you ^aqtoward their land, which you gave to their fathers, the city that you have chosen, and the house that I have built for your name, 49 then hear in heaven your dwelling place their prayer and their plea, and maintain their cause 50 and forgive your people who have sinned against you, and all their transgressions that they have committed against you, and ^argrant them compassion in the sight of those who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them

2 Chronicles 6:37-39

37 yet if they turn their heart in the land to which they have been carried captive, and repent and plead with you in the land of their captivity, saying, ‘We have sinned and have acted perversely and wickedly,’ 38 if they repent with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity to which they were carried captive, and pray toward their land, which you gave to their fathers, the city that you have chosen and the house that I have built for your name, 39 then hear from heaven your dwelling place their prayer and their pleas, and maintain their cause and forgive your people who have sinned against you.