Deuteronomy 30
1 “When all these things come upon you—the blessing and the curse I have set before you—you will take them to heart, among all the nations where the LORD your God has driven you.
2 You will return to the LORD your God and listen to his voice with all your heart and all your soul—you and your children—just as I command you today.
3 Then the LORD your God will restore your fortunes and have compassion on you. He will gather you again from all the peoples among whom the LORD your God has scattered you.
4 Even if your outcasts are at the ends of the heavens, from there the LORD your God will gather you; from there he will bring you back.
5 The LORD your God will bring you into the land your ancestors possessed, and you will take possession of it. He will prosper you and make you more numerous than your ancestors.
6 The LORD your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your descendants, so that you will love the LORD your God with all your heart and all your soul, and live.
7 The LORD your God will bring all these curses upon your enemies, upon those who hate you and persecuted you.
8 You will return and listen to the voice of the LORD, and you will keep all his commandments that I command you today.
9 The LORD your God will give you abundant success in all the work of your hands, in the fruit of your womb, the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your land, for your good. For the LORD will again delight in doing you good, just as he delighted in doing your ancestors good.
10 That is, if you listen to the voice of the LORD your God, keeping his commandments and decrees written in this Book of the Law, and if you return to the LORD your God with all your heart and all your soul.”
11 “This commandment I give you today is not too difficult for you, nor is it far away.
12 It is not in heaven, so that you would say, ‘Who will go up to heaven for us, bring it to us, and make us hear it so we can put it into practice?’
13 Nor is it beyond the sea, so that you would say, ‘Who will cross over the sea for us, bring it to us, and make us hear it so we can put it into practice?’
14 Instead, the word is very near you: it is in your mouth and in your heart, so that you can put it into practice.
15 Look, today I have set before you life and good, death and evil.
16 What I command you today is this: love the LORD your God, walk in his ways, and keep his commandments, decrees, and laws. Then you will live and multiply, and the LORD your God will bless you in the land you are entering to possess.
17 But if your heart turns away and you do not listen, and you are drawn away to bow down to other gods and serve them,
18 I declare to you today that you will surely perish. You will not live long in the land you are crossing the Jordan to enter and possess.
19 Today I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you: I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Choose life, so that you and your descendants may live.
20 Love the LORD your God, listen to his voice, and hold fast to him, for he is your life and the length of your days. Then you will live in the land the LORD swore to give your ancestors, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
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