Deuteronomy 30 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

Yahweh Will Take You Back

“So it will be, when^H3588 all^H3605 of these^H428 things^H1697 have come^H935 upon you, the blessing^H1293 and the curse^H7045 which^H834 I have set^H5414 before^H6440 you, and you cause these things to return^H7725 to your heart^H3824 in all^H3605 the nations^H1471 where^H834^H8033 Yahweh^H3068 your God^H430 has banished^H5080 you,

Deu 30:2

Deu 30:2and you return to Yahweh your God and listen to His voice with all your heart and soul according to all that I am commanding you today, you and your sons,

Deu 30:3

Deu 30:3then Yahweh your God will [fn]return [fn]you from captivity and return His compassion on you, and He will gather you again from all the peoples where Yahweh your God has scattered you.

Deu 30:4

Deu 30:4“If those of you who are banished are at the ends of the sky, from there Yahweh your God will gather you, and from there He will take you back.

Deu 30:5

Deu 30:5“And Yahweh your God will bring you into the land which your fathers possessed, and you shall possess it; and He will prosper you and multiply you more than your fathers.

Deu 30:6

“Moreover Yahweh^H3068 your God^H430 will circumcise^H4135 your heart^H3824 and the heart^H3824 of your seed^H2233, to love^H157 Yahweh^H3068 your God^H430 with all^H3605 your heart^H3824 and with all^H3605 your soul^H5315, so^H4616 that you may live^H2416.

Deu 30:7

Deu 30:7“And Yahweh your God will [fn]inflict all these curses on your enemies and on those who hate you, who persecuted you.

Deu 30:8

Deu 30:8“And you shall return and listen to the voice of Yahweh, and you shall do all His commandments which I am commanding you today.

Deu 30:9

Deu 30:9“Then Yahweh your God will [fn]prosper you abundantly in all the work of your hand, in the [fn]offspring of your [fn]body and in the [fn]offspring of your cattle and in the [fn]produce of your ground, for Yahweh will return to rejoice over you for good, just as He rejoiced over your fathers,

Deu 30:10

Deu 30:10 [fn]when you listen to the voice of Yahweh your God to keep His commandments and His statutes which are written in this book of the law, [fn]when you return to Yahweh your God with all your heart and soul.

Deu 30:11

“For this^H2088 commandment^H4687 which^H834 I am commanding^H6680 you today^H3117 is^H6381 not too^H4480 difficult^H6381 for you, nor^H3808 is it far^H7350 from you.

Deu 30:12

Deu 30:12“It is not in heaven, [fn]that you should say, ‘Who will go up to heaven for us and get it for us and make us hear it, that we may do it?’

Deu 30:13

Deu 30:13“Nor is it beyond the sea, [fn]that you should say, ‘Who will cross the sea for us and get it for us and make us hear it, that we may do it?’

Deu 30:14

Deu 30:14“But the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may do it.

Choose Life

Deu 30:15

“See^H7200, I have set^H5414 before^H6440 you today^H3117 life^H2416 and [fn]prosperity^H2896, and death^H4194 and [fn]calamity^H7451;

Deu 30:16

Deu 30:16in that I am commanding you today to love Yahweh your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments and His statutes and His judgments, that you may live and multiply, and that Yahweh your God may bless you in the land where you are entering to possess it.

Deu 30:17

Deu 30:17“But if your heart turns away and you will not listen, but are drawn away and worship other gods and serve them,

Deu 30:18

Deu 30:18I declare to you today that you shall surely perish. You will not prolong your days in the land where you are crossing the Jordan to enter [fn]and possess it.

Deu 30:19

Deu 30:19“I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. So choose life in order that you may live, you and your seed,

Deu 30:20

Deu 30:20by loving Yahweh your God, by listening to His voice, and by holding fast to Him; for [fn]this is your life and the length of your days, [fn]that you may live in the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.”