Deuteronomy 30

Repentance and Forgiveness

1 h "And i when all these things come upon you, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before you, and j you call them to mind among all the nations where the Lord your God has driven you, 2 and k return to the Lord your God, you and your children, and obey his voice in all that I command you today, with all your heart and with all your soul, 3 then the Lord your God l will restore your fortunes and have compassion on you, and he will m gather you again from all the peoples where the Lord your God has scattered you. 4 n If your outcasts are in the uttermost parts of heaven, from there the Lord your God will gather you, and from there he will take you. 5 And the Lord your God will bring you into the land that your fathers possessed, that you may possess it. o And he will make you more prosperous and numerous than your fathers. 6 And p the Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your offspring, q so that you will love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live. 7 And the Lord your God will put all these curses on your foes and enemies who persecuted you. 8 And you shall again obey the voice of the Lord and keep all his commandments that I command you today. 9 r The Lord your God will make you abundantly prosperous in all the work of your hand, in the fruit of your womb and in the fruit of your cattle and in the fruit of your ground. s For the Lord will again take delight in prospering you, as he took delight in your fathers, 10 when you obey the voice of the Lord your God, to keep his commandments and his statutes that are written in this Book of the Law, when you turn to the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

The Choice of Life and Death

11 "For this commandment that I command you today t is not too hard for you, neither is it far off. 12 u It is not in heaven, that you should say, 'Who will ascend to heaven for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?' 13 Neither 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. It is in your mouth and in your heart, so that you can do it.

15 "See, v I have set before you today life and good, death and evil. 16 If you obey the commandments of the Lord your God 1 that I command you today, w by loving the Lord your God, by walking in his ways, and by keeping his commandments and his statutes and his rules, 2 then you shall live and multiply, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land that you are entering to take possession of it. 17 But if x your heart turns away, and you will not hear, but are drawn away to worship other gods and serve them, 18 y I declare to you today, that you shall surely perish. You shall not live long in the land that you are going over the Jordan to enter and possess. 19 I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, z blessing and curse. Therefore choose life, that you and your offspring may live, 20 loving the Lord your God, obeying his voice a and holding fast to him, for b he is your life and length of days, that you may dwell in c the land that the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them."

  1. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 11:26 - 28
    See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse:
    Leviticus 26:40 - 42
    But if they confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their fathers in their treachery that they committed against me, and also in walking contrary to me.
  2. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 28:1
    And if you faithfully obey the voice of the Lord your God, being careful to do all his commandments that I command you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.
  3. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 4:29 - 31
    But from there you will seek the Lord your God and you will find him, if you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul.
    1 Kings 8:47 - 50
    Yet if they turn their heart in the land to which they have been carried captive, and repent and plead with you in the land of their captors, saying, 'We have sinned and have acted perversely and wickedly.
  4. Cross References
    Nehemiah 1:9
    But if you return to me and keep my commandments and do them, though your outcasts are in the uttermost parts of heaven, from there I will gather them and bring them to the place that I have chosen, to make my name dwell there.
    Isaiah 55:7
    Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the Lord, that he may have compassion on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
    Lamentations 3:40
    Let us test and examine our ways, and return to the Lord!
    Joel 2:12 - 13
    Yet even now," declares the Lord, "return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning.
  5. Cross References
    Psalms 126:1
    When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dream.
    Psalms 126:4
    Restore our fortunes, O Lord, like streams in the Negeb!
  6. Cross References
    Jeremiah 32:37
    Behold, I will gather them from all the countries to which I drove them in my anger and my wrath and in great indignation. I will bring them back to this place, and I will make them dwell in safety.
    Ezekiel 34:13
    And I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries, and will bring them into their own land. And I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, by the ravines, and in all the inhabited places of the country.
    Ezekiel 36:24
    I will take you from the nations and gather you from all the countries and bring you into your own land.
  7. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 28:64
    And the Lord will scatter you among all peoples, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you shall serve other gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known.
    Nehemiah 1:9
    But if you return to me and keep my commandments and do them, though your outcasts are in the uttermost parts of heaven, from there I will gather them and bring them to the place that I have chosen, to make my name dwell there.
  8. Cross References
    Zephaniah 3:19 - 20
    Behold, at that time I will deal with all your oppressors. And I will save the lame and gather the outcast, and I will change their shame into praise and renown in all the earth.
    Deuteronomy 28:63
    And as the Lord took delight in doing you good and multiplying you, so the Lord will take delight in bringing ruin upon you and destroying you. And you shall be plucked off the land that you are entering to take possession of it.
  9. Cross References
    Jeremiah 31:33
    But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord : I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
    Jeremiah 32:39 - 40
    I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me forever, for their own good and the good of their children after them.
    Ezekiel 11:19
    And I will give them one heart, and a new spirit I will put within them. I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh.
    Ezekiel 36:26 - 27
    And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.
    Deuteronomy 10:16
    Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no longer stubborn.
  10. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 30:16
    If you obey the commandments of the Lord your God that I command you today, by loving the Lord your God, by walking in his ways, and by keeping his commandments and his statutes and his rules, then you shall live and multiply, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land that you are entering to take possession of it.
  11. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 28:11
    And the Lord will make you abound in prosperity, in the fruit of your womb and in the fruit of your livestock and in the fruit of your ground, within the land that the Lord swore to your fathers to give you.
  12. Cross References
    Zephaniah 3:19 - 20
    Behold, at that time I will deal with all your oppressors. And I will save the lame and gather the outcast, and I will change their shame into praise and renown in all the earth.
    Deuteronomy 28:63
    And as the Lord took delight in doing you good and multiplying you, so the Lord will take delight in bringing ruin upon you and destroying you. And you shall be plucked off the land that you are entering to take possession of it.
  13. Cross References
    Isaiah 45:19
    I did not speak in secret, in a land of darkness; I did not say to the offspring of Jacob, 'Seek me in vain.' I the Lord speak the truth; I declare what is right.
    Isaiah 48:16
    Draw near to me, hear this: from the beginning I have not spoken in secret, from the time it came to be I have been there." And now the Lord God has sent me, and his Spirit.
  14. Cross References
    Romans 10:6 - 8
    But the righteousness based on faith says, "Do not say in your heart, 'Who will ascend into heaven?'" (that is, to bring Christ down)
  15. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 11:26
    See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse:
    Deuteronomy 32:47
    For it is no empty word for you, but your very life, and by this word you shall live long in the land that you are going over the Jordan to possess.
  16. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 30:6
    And the Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your offspring, so that you will love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live.
    Deuteronomy 6:5
    You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.
  17. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 29:18
    Beware lest there be among you a man or woman or clan or tribe whose heart is turning away today from the Lord our God to go and serve the gods of those nations. Beware lest there be among you a root bearing poisonous and bitter fruit.
  18. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 4:26
    I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that you will soon utterly perish from the land that you are going over the Jordan to possess. You will not live long in it, but will be utterly destroyed.
  19. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 30:1
    And 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 has driven you.
  20. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 10:20
    You shall fear the Lord your God. You shall serve him and hold fast to him, and by his name you shall swear.
  21. Cross References
    Psalms 27:1
    The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
    Psalms 66:9
    Who has kept our soul among the living and has not let our feet slip.
    John 11:25
    Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live.
  22. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 1:8
    See, I have set the land before you. Go in and take possession of the land that the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give to them and to their offspring after them.
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