Deuteronomy 30

¹“Now it shall come to pass, 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

²and you return to the Lord

³that the Lord

⁴If any of you are driven out to the farthest parts under heaven, from there the Lord

⁵Then the Lord

⁶And the Lord

⁷“Also the Lord

⁸And you will again obey the voice of the Lord

⁹The Lord

¹⁰if you obey the voice of the Lord

¹¹“For this commandment which I command you today is not too mysterious for you, nor is it far off.

¹²It is not in heaven, that you should say, ‘Who will ascend into heaven for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?’

¹³Nor 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?’

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

¹⁵“See, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil,

¹⁶in that I command you today to love the Lord

¹⁷But if your heart turns away so that you do not hear, and are drawn away, and worship other gods and serve them,

¹⁸I announce to you today that you shall surely perish; you shall not prolong your days in the land which you cross over the Jordan to go in and possess.

¹⁹I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live;

²⁰that you may love the Lord