Deu 29:9-30:20 | NASB2020 | STEP | So you will keep the words of this covenant and do them, in order that you may be successful in everything that you do .

Deuteronomy 29:9-29

9 ^aSo you will keep the words of this covenant and do them, ^bin order that you may be successful in everything that you do.

10 “You stand today, all of you, before the Lord your God: your heads, your tribes, your elders and your officers, that is, all the men of Israel, 11 your little ones, your wives, and the stranger who is within your camps, from ^cthe one who gathers your firewood to the one who draws your water, 12 so that you may enter into the covenant with the Lord your God, and into His oath which the Lord your God is making with you today, 13 in order that He may establish you today as His people, and that ^dHe may be your God, just as He spoke to you and as He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

14 “Now it is not with you alone that I am ^emaking this covenant and this oath, 15 ^fbut both with those who stand here with us today in the presence of the Lord our God, and with those who are not with us here today 16 (for you know how we lived in the land of Egypt, and how we passed through the midst of the nations through which you passed; 17 moreover, you have seen their abominations and their idols made of ^gwood and stone, silver and gold, which they had with them); 18 ^hso that there will not be among you a man or woman, or family or tribe, whose heart turns away today from the Lord our God, to go to serve the gods of those nations; that there will not be among you ⁱa root bearing poisonous fruit and wormwood. 19 And it shall be when he hears the words of this curse, that he will consider himself fortunate in his heart, saying, ‘I will do well though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart in order ^{▼▼I.e., to destroy everything}to destroy the watered land along with the dry.’ 20 The Lord will not be willing to forgive him, but rather the anger of the Lord and ^kHis wrath will ^{▼▼Lit smoke
,} ^mburn against that person, and every curse that is written in this book will lie upon him, and the Lord will ⁿwipe out his name from under heaven. 21 Then the Lord will single him out for disaster from all the tribes of Israel, in accordance with all the curses of the covenant ^owhich is written in this Book of the Law.

22 “Now the future generation, your sons who rise up after you and ^pthe foreigner who comes from a distant land, when they see the plagues of that land and the diseases with which the Lord has afflicted it, will say, 23 ‘All its land is ^qbrimstone and salt, ^rburned debris, ^{▼▼Lit it is not sown and does not make plants sprout}unsown and unproductive, and no grass grows on it, like the overthrow of ^tSodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the Lord overthrew in His anger and in His wrath.’ 24 All the nations will say, ‘ ^uWhy has the Lord done all this to this land? Why this great ^{▼▼Lit heat}outburst of anger?’ 25 Then people will say, ‘It is ^wbecause they abandoned the covenant of the Lord, the God of their fathers, which He made with them when He brought them out of the land of Egypt. 26 And they went and served other gods and worshiped them, gods that they have not known and whom He had not ^{▼▼Lit apportioned}assigned to them. 27 Therefore, the anger of the Lord burned against that land, ^yto bring upon it every curse which is written in this book; 28 and ^zthe Lord uprooted them from their land in anger, fury, and in great wrath, and hurled them into another land, as it is this day.’

29 “ ^aaThe secret things belong to the Lord our God, but ^abthe things revealed belong to us and to our sons forever, so that we may ^{▼▼Lit perform}follow all the words of this Law.

Deuteronomy 30

Restoration Promised

1 “So it will be when all of these things have come upon you, ^adthe blessing and the curse which I have placed before you, and you ^{▼▼Lit return them to your heart}call them to mind ^afin all the nations where the Lord your God has scattered you, 2 and you ^agreturn to the Lord your God and ^{▼▼Lit listen to His voice}obey Him ^aiwith all your heart and soul in accordance with everything that I am commanding you today, you and your sons, 3 then the Lord your God will ^ajrestore ^{▼▼Lit your captivity}you from captivity, and have compassion on you, and ^alwill gather you again from all the peoples where the Lord your God has ^amscattered you. 4 If any of your scattered countrymen are at the ^{▼▼Lit end of the sky}ends of the earth, ^aofrom there the Lord your God will gather you, and from there He will ^{▼▼Lit take you}bring you back. 5 ^aqThe Lord your God will bring you into the land which your fathers possessed, and you shall possess it; and He will be good to you and ^armake you more numerous than your fathers.

6 “Moreover, ^asthe Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the hearts of your ^{▼▼Lit seed}descendants, ^auto love the Lord your God with all your heart and all your soul, so that you may live. 7 ^avAnd the Lord your God will ^{▼▼Lit give}inflict all these curses on your enemies and on those who hate you, who persecuted you. 8 And you will again ^{▼▼Lit listen to the voice of}obey the Lord, and ^{▼▼Lit perform}follow all His commandments which I am commanding you today. 9 ^azThen the Lord your God will prosper you ^{▼▼Lit for good}abundantly in every work of your hand, in the ^{▼▼Lit fruit}children of your womb, the ^{▼▼Lit fruit}offspring of your cattle, and in the ^{▼▼Lit fruit}produce of your ground, for ^bethe Lord will again rejoice over you for good, just as He rejoiced over your fathers; 10 ^{▼▼Or for you will}if you ^{▼▼Lit listen to the voice of}obey the Lord your God, to keep His commandments and His statutes which ^bhare written in this Book of the Law, ^{▼▼Or for you will}if you turn to the Lord your God ^bjwith all your heart and soul.

11 “For this commandment which I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you, nor is it far away. 12 It is not in heaven, ^{▼▼Lit to say}that you could say, ‘ ^blWho will go up to heaven for us and get it for us, and proclaim it to us, so that we may ^{▼▼Lit perform}follow it?’ 13 Nor is it beyond the sea, ^{▼▼Lit to say}that you could say, ‘Who will cross the sea for us and get it for us and proclaim it to us, so that we may ^{▼▼Lit perform}follow it?’ 14 On the contrary, the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may ^{▼▼Lit perform}follow it.

Choose Life

15 “See, ^bqI have placed before you today life and ^{▼▼Lit good}happiness, and death and ^{▼▼Lit evil}adversity, 16 in that I am commanding you today ^btto love the Lord your God, to walk in His ways and to keep His commandments, His statutes, and His judgments, so that you ^bumay live and become numerous, and that the Lord your God may bless you in the land where you are entering to take possession of it. 17 But if your heart turns away and you will not obey, but allow yourself to be led astray and you worship other gods and serve them, 18 I declare to you today that ^bvyou will certainly perish. You will not prolong your days in the land where you are crossing the Jordan to enter ^{▼▼Lit to}and take possession of it. 19 ^bxI call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have placed before you life and death, ^bythe blessing and the curse. So choose life in order that you may live, you and your ^{▼▼Lit seed}descendants, 20 ^caby loving the Lord your God, by obeying His voice, and ^cbby holding close to Him; ^ccfor ^{▼▼Lit that}this is your life and the length of your days, ^{▼▼Lit to dwell}so that you may live in ^cfthe land which the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give them.”