1And it shall come to pass , when all these things are come upon thee , the blessing and the curse , which I have set before thee , and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations , whither Jehovah thy God hath driven thee , 2and shalt return unto Jehovah thy God , and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day , thou and thy children , with all thy heart , and with all thy soul ; 3that then Jehovah thy God will turn thy captivity , and have compassion upon thee , and will return and gather thee from all the peoples , whither Jehovah thy God hath scattered thee . 4If any of thine outcasts be in the uttermost parts of heaven , from thence will Jehovah thy God gather thee , and from thence will he fetch thee : 5and Jehovah thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed , and thou shalt possess it ; and he will do thee good , and multiply thee above thy fathers. 6And Jehovah thy God will circumcise thy heart , and the heart of thy seed , to love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart , and with all thy soul , that thou mayest live . 7And Jehovah thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies , and on them that hate thee , that persecuted thee . 8And thou shalt return and obey the voice of Jehovah , and do all his commandments which I command thee this day . 9And Jehovah thy God will make thee plenteous in all the work of thy hand , in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, for good : for Jehovah will again rejoice over thee for good , as he rejoiced over thy fathers; 10if thou shalt obey the voice of Jehovah thy God , to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law ; if thou turn unto Jehovah thy God with all thy heart , and with all thy soul .
The Accessibility of God's Commandments
11For this commandment which I command thee this day , it is not too hard for thee , neither is it far off . 12It is not in heaven , that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven , and bring it unto us , and make us to hear it , that we may do it ? 13Neither is it beyond the sea , that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us , and bring it unto us , and make us to hear it , that we may do it ? 14But the word is very nigh unto thee , in thy mouth , and in thy heart , that thou mayest do it .
The Choice Between Life and Death
15See , I have set before thee this day life and good , and death and evil ; 16in that I command thee this day to love Jehovah thy God , to walk in his ways , and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his ordinances , that thou mayest live and multiply , and that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in the land whither thou goest in to possess it . 17But if thy heart turn away , and thou wilt not hear , but shalt be drawn away , and worship other gods, and serve them ; 18I denounce unto you this day , that ye shall surely perish ; ye shall not prolong your days in the land, whither thou passest over the Jordan to go in to possess it . 19I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day , that I have set before thee life and death , the blessing and the curse : therefore choose life , that thou mayest live , thou and thy seed ; 20to love Jehovah thy God , to obey his voice , and to cleave unto him ; for he is thy life , and the length of thy days ; that thou mayest dwell in the land which Jehovah sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac , and to Jacob , to give them .