Deuteronomy 30
30
The LORD will bring you back
Moses said to Israel:
1I have told you everything the LORD your God will do for you, and I've also told you the curses he will put on you if you reject him. He will scatter you in faraway countries, but when you realize that he is punishing you, 2return to him with all your heart and soul and start obeying the commands I have given to you today. 3-4Then he will stop punishing you and treat you with kindness. He may have scattered you to the furthest countries on earth, but he will bring you back 5to the land that had belonged to your ancestors and make you even more successful and powerful than they ever were.
6You and your descendants are stubborn, but the LORD will make you willing to obey him and love him with all your heart and soul, and you will enjoy a long life.
7Then the LORD your God will remove the curses from you and put them on those enemies who hate and attack you.
8You will again obey the laws and teachings of the LORD, 9and he will bless you with many children, large herds and flocks, and abundant crops. The LORD will be happy to do good things for you, just as he did for your ancestors. 10But you must decide once and for all to worship him with all your heart and soul and to obey everything in The Book of God's Law.
Choose life, not death
Moses said to Israel:
11You know God's laws, and it isn't impossible to obey them. 12His commands aren't in heaven, so you can't excuse yourselves by saying, “How can we obey the LORD's commands? They are in heaven, and no one can go up to get them, then bring them down and explain them to us.”#Ro 10.6-8. 13And you can't say, “How can we obey the LORD's commands? They are across the sea, and someone must go across, then bring them back and explain them to us.” 14No, these commands are nearby and you know them by heart. All you have to do is obey!
15Today I am giving you a choice. You can choose life and success or death and disaster. 16-18I am commanding you to be loyal to the LORD, to live the way he has told you, and to obey his laws and teachings. You are about to cross the River Jordan and take the land that he is giving you. If you obey him, you will live and become successful and powerful.
On the other hand, you might choose to disobey the LORD and reject him. So I'm warning you that if you bow down and worship other gods, you won't have long to live.
19Now I call the sky and the earth to be witnesses that I am offering you this choice. Will you choose for the LORD to make you prosperous and give you a long life? Or will he put you under a curse and kill you? Choose life! 20Be completely faithful to the LORD your God, love him, and do whatever he tells you. The LORD is the only one who can give life, and he will let you live a long time in the land that he promised to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.#Gn 12.7; Gn 26.3; Gn 28.13.
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Deuteronomy 30
30
Returning to the Lord
1“When all these things happen to you — the blessings and curses I have set before you — and you come to your senses while you are in all the nations where the Lord your God has driven you, # Jr 23:12; Am 4:3; 9:4; Zph 3:18 2and you and your children return to the Lord your God and obey Him with all your heart and all your soul # Dt 4:29; 6:5; 10:12; 11:13; 13:4; 26:16; Jos 22:5; 23:14; 1Kg 2:4; 8:48; 2Kg 23:25; 2Ch 15:12; 34:31 by doing # Lit soul according to everything I am giving you today, 3then He will restore your fortunes, # Or will end your captivity # Jr 29:14; Zph 2:7 have compassion on you, and gather you again from all the peoples where the Lord your God has scattered you. # Lv 26:40-45; 1Kg 8:46-50; Jr 29:14; Ezk 16:53; Zph 3:20 4Even if your exiles are at the ends of the earth, # Lit skies He will gather you and bring you back from there. # Neh 1:9 5The Lord your God will bring you into the land your fathers possessed, and you will take possession of it. # Dt 3:12 He will cause you to prosper and multiply you more than He did your fathers. # Dt 6:3; 28:63 6The Lord your God will circumcise your heart # Dt 10:16; Jr 4:4 and the hearts of your descendants, and you will love Him with all your heart and all your soul so that you will live. # Dt 16:20; Is 55:3 7The Lord your God will put all these curses on your enemies who hate and persecute you. 8Then you will again obey Him and follow all His commands I am giving you today. 9The Lord your God will make you prosper abundantly in all the work of your hands # Dt 2:7; 14:29; 16:15; 24:19; 28:12; Ec 5:6; Hg 2:17 with children, # Lit hands in the fruit of your womb the offspring of your livestock, and your land’s produce. Indeed, the Lord will again delight in your prosperity, as He delighted in that of your fathers, 10when you obey the Lord your God by keeping His commands and statutes that are written in this book of the law and return to Him with all your heart and all your soul.
Choose Life
11“This command that I give you today is certainly not too difficult or beyond your reach. 12It is not in heaven so that you have to ask, ‘Who will go up to heaven, get it for us, and proclaim it to us so that we may follow it? ’ 13And it is not across the sea so that you have to ask, ‘Who will cross the sea, get it for us, and proclaim it to us so that we may follow it? ’ 14But the message is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, so that you may follow it. # Rm 10:6-8 15See, today I have set before you life and prosperity, death and adversity. # Dt 11:26; Jr 21:8 16For # LXX reads If you obey the commands of the Lord your God that I am commanding you today to love the Lord your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commands, statutes, and ordinances, so that you may live # LXX reads ordinances, then you will live and multiply, and the Lord your God may bless you in the land you are entering to possess. 17But if your heart turns away and you do not listen and you are led astray to bow down to other gods and worship them, 18I tell you today that you will certainly perish and will not live long in the land you are entering to possess across the Jordan. 19I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Choose life # Dt 4:1; 5:33; 6:24; 8:1,3; 16:20; 32:46-47 so that you and your descendants may live, 20love the Lord your God, obey Him, and remain faithful # Lit and hold on to Him. For He is your life, and He will prolong your life in the land the Lord swore to give to your fathers # Dt 1:35 Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
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