Deuteronomy 30

New American Standard Bible

Restoration Promised

30 “So it will be when all of these things have come upon you, ^(A)the blessing and the curse which I have placed before you, and you ^[a]call them to mind ^(B)in all the nations where the Lord your God has scattered you, ² and you ^(C)return to the Lord your God and ^[b]obey Him ^(D)with 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 ^(E)restore ^[c]you from captivity, and have compassion on you, and ^(F)will gather you again from all the peoples where the Lord your God has ^(G)scattered you. ⁴ If any of your scattered countrymen are at the ^[d]ends of the earth, ^(H)from there the Lord your God will gather you, and from there He will ^[e]bring you back. ^5 (I)The 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 ^(J)make you more numerous than your fathers.

⁶ “Moreover, ^(K)the Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the hearts of your ^[f]descendants, ^(L)to love the Lord your God with all your heart and all your soul, so that you may live. ^7 (M)And the Lord your God will ^[g]inflict all these curses on your enemies and on those who hate you, who persecuted you. ⁸ And you will again ^[h]obey the Lord, and ^[i]follow all His commandments which I am commanding you today. ^9 (N)Then the Lord your God will prosper you ^[j]abundantly in every work of your hand, in the ^[k]children of your womb, the ^[l]offspring of your cattle, and in the ^[m]produce of your ground, for ^(O)the Lord will again rejoice over you for good, just as He rejoiced over your fathers; ^10 [n]if you ^[o]obey the Lord your God, to keep His commandments and His statutes which ^(P)are written in this Book of the Law, ^[p]if you turn to the Lord your God ^(Q)with 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, ^[q]that you could say, ‘^(R)Who will go up to heaven for us and get it for us, and proclaim it to us, so that we may ^[r]follow it?’ ¹³ Nor is it beyond the sea, ^[s]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 ^[t]follow it?’ ¹⁴ On the contrary, the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may ^[u]follow it.

Choose Life

¹⁵ “See, ^(S)I have placed before you today life and ^[v]happiness, and death and ^[w]adversity, ¹⁶ in that I am commanding you today ^(T)to love the Lord your God, to walk in His ways and to keep His commandments, His statutes, and His judgments, so that you ^(U)may 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 ^(V)you will certainly perish. You will not prolong your days in the land where you are crossing the Jordan to enter ^[x]and take possession of it. ^19 (W)I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have placed before you life and death, ^(X)the blessing and the curse. So choose life in order that you may live, you and your ^[y]descendants, ^20 (Y)by loving the Lord your God, by obeying His voice, and ^(Z)by holding close to Him; ^(AA)for ^[z]this is your life and the length of your days, ^[aa]so that you may live in ^(AB)the land which the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give them.”