Deuteronomy Chapter 30
1 "Now
it shall come to pass, when all these things come upon you, the blessing and
the curse which I have set before you, and you call them to mind among
all the nations where the Lord
your God drives you, 2 and
you return to the Lord your God
and obey His voice, according to all that I command you today, you and your
children, with all your heart and with all your soul, 3 that the Lord your God will bring you back from
captivity, and have compassion on you, and gather you again from all the
nations where the Lord your God
has scattered you. 4 If
any of you are driven out to the farthest parts under heaven,
from there the Lord your God will
gather you, and from there He will bring you. 5 Then the Lord your God will bring you to the land
which your fathers possessed, and you shall possess
it. He will prosper you and multiply you more than your fathers. 6 And the Lord your God will circumcise your heart
and the heart of your descendants, to love the Lord
your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that
you may live. 7 Also
the Lord your God will put all
these curses on your enemies and on those who hate you, who persecuted you. 8 And you will again obey the
voice of the Lord and do all His
commandments which I command you today. 9 The
Lord your God will make you abound in all the work of your hand, in the fruit of your
body, in the increase of your livestock, and in the produce of your land for
good. For the Lord will again
rejoice over you for good as He rejoiced over your fathers, 10 if you obey the voice of the Lord your God, to keep His commandments
and His statutes which are written in this Book of the Law, and if you
turn to the Lord your God with all
your heart and with all your soul. 11 "For
this commandment which I command you today is not too mysterious
for you, nor is it far off. 12 It
is not in heaven, that you should say, 'Who will ascend into heaven for
us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?'
13 Nor
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, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may
do it. 15 "See,
I have set before you today life and good, death and evil, 16 in that I command you today to
love the Lord your God, to walk in
His ways, and to keep His commandments, His statutes, and His judgments, that
you may live and multiply; and the Lord
your God will bless you in the land which you go to possess. 17 But if your heart turns away
so that you do not hear, and are drawn away, and worship other gods and serve
them, 18 I
announce to you today that you shall surely perish; you shall not prolong your
days in the land which you cross over the Jordan to go in and possess. 19 I call heaven and earth as
witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death,
blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants
may live; 20 that
you may love the Lord your God,
that you may obey His voice, and that you may cling to Him, for He is
your life and the length of your days; and that you may dwell in the land which
the Lord swore to your fathers, to
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give them."