Returning to the Lord

30 “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,^{(A) 2} and you and your children return to the Lord your God and obey him with all your heart and all your soul^(B) by doing^[a] everything I am commanding you today, ³ then he will restore your fortunes,^[b](C) have compassion on you, and gather you again from all the peoples where the Lord your God has scattered you.^{(D) 4} Even if your exiles are at the farthest horizon, he will gather you and bring you back from there.^{(E) 5} The Lord your God will bring you into the land your ancestors possessed, and you will take possession of it.^(F) He will cause you to prosper and multiply you more than he did your ancestors.^{(G) 6} The Lord your God will circumcise your heart^(H) and the hearts of your descendants, and you will love him with all your heart and all your soul so that you will live.^{(I) 7} The Lord your God will put all these curses on your enemies who hate and persecute you. ⁸ Then you will again obey him and follow all his commands I am commanding you today. ⁹ The Lord your God will make you prosper abundantly in all the work of your hands,^(J) your offspring,^[c] the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your land. Indeed, the Lord will again delight in your prosperity, as he delighted in that of your ancestors, ¹⁰ when 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.

¹² Go, proclaim these words to the north, and say,