² and when you and your children return^(A) to the Lord your God and obey him with all your heart^(B) and with all your soul according to everything I command you today, ³ then the Lord your God will restore your fortunes^[a](C) and have compassion^(D) on you and gather^(E) you again from all the nations where he scattered^(F) you.^{(G) 4} Even if you have been banished to the most distant land under the heavens,^(H) from there the Lord your God will gather^(I) you and bring you back.^{(J) 5} He will bring^(K) you to the land that belonged to your ancestors, and you will take possession of it. He will make you more prosperous and numerous^(L) than your ancestors.

⁵ They said, “Turn^(A) now, each of you, from your evil ways and your evil practices, and you can stay in the land^(B) the Lord gave to you and your ancestors for ever and ever.

¹¹ Say to them, ‘As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that they turn from their ways and live.^(A) Turn!^(B) Turn from your evil ways! Why will you die, people of Israel?’^(C)