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Restoration Promised

¹ "So it shall be when all of these things have come upon you, ^(C1)the blessing and the curse which I have set before you, and you ^(F1)call them to mind ^(C2)in all nations where the LORD your God has banished you,² and you ^(C1)return to the LORD your God and ^(F1)obey Him ^(C2)with all your heart and soul according to all that I command you today, you and your sons,³ then the LORD your God will ^(C1)restore ^(F1)you from captivity, and have compassion on you, and ^(C2)will gather you again from all the peoples where the LORD your God has ^(C3)scattered you.⁴ "If your outcasts are at the ends of the ^(F1)earth, ^(C1)from there the LORD your God will gather you, and from there He will ^(F2)bring you back.⁵ "^(C1)The LORD your God will bring you into the land which your fathers possessed, and you shall possess it; and He will prosper you and ^(C2)multiply you more than your fathers.

⁶ "Moreover ^(C1)the LORD your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your ^(F1)descendants, ^(C2)to love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, so that you may live.⁷ "^(C1)The LORD your God will ^(F1)inflict all these curses on your enemies and on those who hate you, who persecuted you.⁸ "And you shall again ^(F1)obey the LORD, and observe all His commandments which I command you today.⁹ "^(C1)Then the LORD your God will ^(F1)prosper you abundantly in all the work of your hand, in the ^(F2)offspring of your ^(F3)body and in the ^(F2)offspring of your cattle and in the ^(F2)produce of your ground, for ^(C2)the LORD will again rejoice over you for good, just as He rejoiced over your fathers;^10 (F1)if you ^(F2)obey the LORD your God to keep His commandments and His statutes which ^(C1)are written in this book of the law, ^(F1)if you turn to the LORD your God ^(C2)with all your heart and soul.

¹¹ "For this commandment which I command you today is not too difficult for you, nor is it ^(F1)out of reach.¹² "It is not in heaven, ^(F1)that you should say, '^(C1)Who will go up to heaven for us to get it for us and make us hear it, that we may observe it?'¹³ "Nor is it beyond the sea, ^(F1)that you should say, 'Who will cross the sea for us to get it for us and make us hear it, that we may observe it?'¹⁴ "But the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may observe it.

Choose Life

¹⁵ "See, ^(C1)I have set before you today life and ^(F1)prosperity, and death and ^(F2)adversity;¹⁶ in that I command you today ^(C1)to love the LORD your God, to walk in His ways and to keep His commandments and His statutes and His judgments, that you ^(C2)may live and multiply, and that the LORD your God may bless you in the land where you are entering to possess it.¹⁷ "But if your heart turns away and you will not obey, but are drawn away and worship other gods and serve them,¹⁸ I declare to you today that ^(C1)you shall surely perish. You will not prolong your days in the land where you are crossing the Jordan to enter ^(F1)and possess it.¹⁹ "^(C1)I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, ^(C2)the blessing and the curse. So choose life in order that you may live, you and your ^(F1)descendants,^20 (C1)by loving the LORD your God, by obeying His voice, and ^(C2)by holding fast to Him; ^(C3)for ^(F1)this is your life and the length of your days, ^(F2)that you may live in ^(C4)the land which the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give them."