1 “Now when all these things will have fallen over you, the blessing or the curse that I have set forth in your sight, and you will have been led to repentance in your heart among all the nations to which the Lord your God will have dispersed you,
2 and when you will have returned to him, so as to obey his commandments, just as I have instructed you this day, with your sons, with your whole heart and with your whole soul,
3 then the Lord your God will lead you away from your captivity, and he will take pity on you, and he will gather you again from all the nations to which he had dispersed you before.
4 Even if you will have been scattered as far as the poles of the heavens, the Lord your God will retrieve you from there.
5 And he will take you up and lead you into the land which your fathers had possessed, and you shall obtain it. And in blessing you, he will make you greater in number than your fathers ever were.
6 The Lord your God will circumcise your heart, and the heart of your offspring, so that you may love the Lord your God with your entire heart and with your entire soul, so that you may be able to live.
7 And he will turn all these curses upon your enemies, and upon those who hate and persecute you.
8 But you shall return, and you shall listen to the voice of the Lord your God. And you shall carry out all the commandments which I am entrusting to you this day.
9 And the Lord your God will cause you to abound in all the works of your hands, in the progeny of your womb, and in the fruit of your cattle, in the fertility of your land, and with an abundance of all things. For the Lord will return, so that he may rejoice over you in all good things, just as he rejoiced in your fathers:
10 but only if you will listen to the voice of the Lord your God, and keep his precepts and ceremonies, which have been written in this law, and only if you return to the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
11 This commandment, which I entrust to you today, is not high above you, nor has it been placed far away.
12 Nor is it in heaven, so that you would be able to say, ‘Which of us can ascend to heaven, so as to carry it back to us, and so that we may hear it and fulfill it in deed?’
13 Nor is it beyond the sea, so that you would excuse yourself by saying, ‘Which of us is able to cross the sea, and to carry it back to us, so that we may be able to hear and to do what has been instructed?’
14 Instead, the word is near to you, in your mouth and in your heart, so that you may do it.
15 Consider what I have set forth in your sight this day, life and good, or, on the opposite side, death and evil,
16 so that you may love the Lord your God, and walk in his ways, and keep his commandments and ceremonies and judgments, and so that you may live, and he may multiply you and bless you in the land, which you shall enter in order to possess.
17 But if your heart will have been turned aside, so that you are not willing to listen, and, having been deceived by error, you adore strange gods and serve them,
18 then I predict to you this day that you will perish, and you will remain for only a short time in the land, for which you shall cross the Jordan, and which you shall enter in order to possess.
19 I call heaven and earth as witnesses this day, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore, choose life, so that both you and your offspring may live,
20 and so that you may love the Lord your God, and obey his voice, and cling to him, (for he is your life and the length of your days) and so that you may live in the land, about which the Lord swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that he would give it to them.”
Versículos relacionados com Deuteronomy, 30:
Deuteronomy 30 presents the choice between blessing and curse, with God encouraging His people to choose life and obey their law. Following are five verses related to the topics covered in this chapter:
Proverbs 10:16: "The righteous wages is life, and the wicked performance is sin." This verse relates to the choice between the blessing and the curse presented in Deuteronomy 30, encouraging the people to choose life and follow the righteous path.
Joshua 24:15: "But if, they do not like to serve the Lord, choose today to those who will serve, whether to the gods their ancestors have served beyond the Euphrates, or to the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. My family and I will serve the Lord. " In this verse Joshua encourages the people to choose to serve the Lord and to obey their law, which is similar to what is addressed in Deuteronomy 30.
Proverbs 3:1-2: "My Son, do not forget my instruction, but keep my commandments in their hearts, for they will prolong your life for many years and give you prosperity and peace." This verse reinforces the idea that following God's law leads to life and prosperity, which are blessings promised in Deuteronomy 30.
Deuteronomy 10:12-13: "And now, O Israel, that the Lord, your God, asks you? He only demands that you fear him and follow all his ways, to love Him, serve the Lord, His God, with all his heart and with all the soul, and obey his commandments and laws that I give them today, for his own good. " This verse relates to the choice between the blessing and the curse presented in Deuteronomy 30, encouraging the people to follow God's ways and obey their law so that they can experience the promised blessing.
Deuteronomy 11:26-28: "Today I put before you the blessing and the curse: the blessing, if they obey the commandments of the Lord, your God, which today I give them; the curse, to disobey themselves to the commandments of the Lord, their own God, and move away from the path that I command them today to follow, to follow other gods they do not know. " This verse is a direct reference to the main theme of Deuteronomy 30, emphasizing the choice that the people have before themselves and the consequences of their choices.
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