[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, [2] and return to the LORD
your God, you and your children, and obey his voice in all that I command
you this day, with all your heart and with all your soul; [3] then the LORD
your God will restore your fortunes, and have compassion upon you, and he
will gather you again from all the peoples where the LORD your God has
scattered you. [4] If your outcasts are in the uttermost parts of heaven,
from there the LORD your God will gather you, and from there he will fetch
you; [5] and the LORD your God will bring you into the land which your
fathers possessed, that you may possess it; and he will make you more
prosperous and numerous than your fathers. [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. [7] And the LORD your God will put all these curses upon your
foes and enemies who persecuted you. [8] And you shall again obey the voice
of the LORD, and keep all his commandments which I command you this day.
[9] The LORD your God will make you abundantly prosperous in all the work
of your hand, in the fruit of your body, and in the fruit of your cattle,
and in the fruit of your ground; for the LORD will again take delight in
prospering you, as he took delight in your fathers, [10] if you obey the
voice of the LORD your God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which
are written in this book of the law, if you turn to the LORD your God with
all your heart and with all your soul. [11] "For this commandment which I
command you this day is not too hard for you, neither is it far off. [12]
It is not in heaven, that you should say, `Who will go up for us to heaven,
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, I have set before you this day life and good, death and evil.
[16] If you obey the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you
this day, by loving the LORD your God, by walking in his ways, and by
keeping his commandments and his statutes and his ordinances, then you
shall live and multiply, and the LORD your God will bless you in the land
which you are entering to take possession of it. [17] But if your heart
turns away, and you will not hear, but are drawn away to worship other gods
and serve them, [18] I declare to you this day, that you shall perish; you
shall not live long in the land which you are going over the Jordan to
enter and possess. [19] I call heaven and earth to witness against you this
day, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse;
therefore choose life, that you and your descendants may live, [20] loving
the LORD your God, obeying his voice, and cleaving to him; for that means
life to you and length of days, that you may dwell in the land which the
LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give
them."
