1 "When all these things come upon you, the blessing and the curse I have set before you, and you take them to heart among all the nations to which the LORD your God has driven you,
2 and you and your children turn back to the LORD your God and obey his voice with all your heart and all your soul, in everything I command you today,
3 then the LORD your God will restore your fortunes and show you compassion. He will gather you again from all the peoples where the LORD your God scattered you.
4 Even if your exiles are at the end of the heavens, from there the LORD your God will gather you, and from there he will take you back.
5 The LORD your God will bring you into the land your fathers possessed, and you will possess it. He will make you more prosperous and more numerous than your fathers.
6 The LORD your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your descendants, so that you love the LORD your God with all your heart and all your soul, and live.
7 The LORD your God will lay all these curses on your enemies, on those who hate you, who persecuted you.
8 And you will once more obey the voice of the LORD and keep all his commandments that I give you today.
9 The LORD your God will give you abundant prosperity in all the work of your hands, in the fruit of your womb, the fruit of your livestock, and the fruit of your land. For the LORD will again delight in prospering you, just as he delighted in your fathers,
10 if you obey the voice of the LORD your God by keeping his commandments and statutes written in this book of the law, and if you turn back to the LORD your God with all your heart and all your soul.
11 For this commandment I give you today is not too difficult for you, nor is it far away.
12 It is not in heaven, that you should say, 'Who will go up to heaven for us and bring it down to us and let us hear it, so that we may do it?'
13 Nor is it on the other side of the sea, that you should say, 'Who will cross over to the other side of the sea for us and bring it to us and let us hear it, so that we may do it?'
14 On the contrary, the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, so that you can do it.
15 See, today I have set before you life and good, death and evil.
16 For I command you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments, statutes, and rules, so that you may live and grow numerous, and the LORD your God may bless you in the land you are entering to possess.
17 But if your heart turns away and you will not listen, and you are led astray to bow down to other gods and serve them,
18 I tell you today that you will certainly perish. You will not live long in the land you are crossing the Jordan to enter and possess.
19 I call heaven and earth to witness against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Choose life, then, so that you and your descendants may live,
20 by loving the LORD your God, obeying his voice, and clinging to him. For he is your life and the length of your days, so that you may live in the land the LORD swore to give to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob."