Deut. 30
:1
30:1
And 1when all these things come upon you, the blessing and the curse, which I have
aset before you; and you bring
them to heart
while among the nations to whom Jehovah your God will drive you;
Deut. 30
:2
30:2
And you and your children
areturn to Jehovah your God and listen to His voice, according to all that I am commanding you today, with all your heart and with all your soul;
Deut. 30
:3
30:3
Then Jehovah your God will
aturn your captivity and be compassionate to you, and He will turn and
bgather you from all the peoples among whom Jehovah your God has scattered you.
Deut. 30
:4
30:4
aIf any of you have been driven out to the ends of heaven, from there will Jehovah your God
bgather you and from there will He take you.
Deut. 30
:5
30:5
And Jehovah your God will bring you into the land which your fathers possessed, and you will possess it; and He will do good for you and will multiply you more than
He did your fathers.
Deut. 30
:6
30:6
And Jehovah your God will circumcise your
aheart and the heart of your seed, so that you will
blove Jehovah your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live.
Deut. 30
:7
30:7
And Jehovah your God will put all these
1oaths upon your enemies and upon them who hate you
and who have persecuted you.
Deut. 30
:8
30:8
And you will turn and listen to the voice of Jehovah, and you will do all His commandments, which I am commanding you today.
Deut. 30
:9
30:9
And Jehovah your God will give you an excess of prosperity in all your undertakings, in the fruit of your womb and in the fruit of your animals and in the fruit of your ground, for Jehovah will again exult over you for good as He exulted over your fathers;
Deut. 30
:10
30:10
If you listen to the voice of Jehovah your God, to keep His commandments and His statutes written in this book of the law; if you turn back to Jehovah your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
C.
The concluding word
30:11-20
Deut. 30
:11
30:11
For this commandment which I am commanding you today, it is not too
1difficult for you, nor is it distant.
Deut. 30
:12
30:12
1aIt is not in heaven that you should say, Who will ascend to heaven for us and bring it to us to make us hear it and do it?
Deut. 30
:13
30:13
Nor is it across the
1sea that you should say, Who will go across the sea for us and bring it to us to make us hear it and do it?
Deut. 30
:14
30:14
But the word is very near to you,
even in your mouth and in your heart, that you may do it.
Deut. 30
:15
30:15
See, I have
aput before you today life and good, and death and evil.
Deut. 30
:16
30:16
1If you obey the commandments of Jehovah your God, which I am commanding you today, to love Jehovah your God and walk in His ways and keep His commandments and His statutes and His ordinances, then you will live and multiply, and Jehovah your God will bless you in the land which you are entering to possess.
Deut. 30
:17
30:17
But if your heart turns and you do not listen, but rather you are drawn away in worship to other gods and serve them,
Deut. 30
:18
30:18
I declare to you today that you shall surely perish; your days will not be extended upon the land into which you are crossing over the Jordan to go and possess.
Deut. 30
:19
30:19
I call
aheaven and earth to witness against you today: I have
bset before you life and death, blessing and curse; therefore choose life that you and your seed may live,
Deut. 30
:20
30:20
In loving Jehovah your God by listening to His voice and
aholding fast to Him; for
1He is your
blife and the length of your days, that you may dwell upon the land which Jehovah
cswore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.
