English Bible Presentation Sharing - Deuteronomy Book, chapter 30, verse 33 in Ncv Version

Deuteronomy 30 : 1 (NCV)

When all these blessings and curses I have described happen to you, and the Lord your God has sent you away to other nations, think about these things.

Deuteronomy 30 : 2 (NCV)

Then you and your children will return to the Lord your God, and you will obey him with your whole being in everything I am commanding you today.

Deuteronomy 30 : 3 (NCV)

Then the Lord your God will give you back your freedom. He will feel sorry for you, and he will bring you back again from the nations where he scattered you.

Deuteronomy 30 : 4 (NCV)

He may send you to the ends of the earth, but he will gather you and bring you back from there,

Deuteronomy 30 : 5 (NCV)

back to the land that belonged to your ancestors. It will be yours. He will give you success, and there will be more of you than there were of your ancestors.

Deuteronomy 30 : 6 (NCV)

The Lord your God will prepare you and your descendants to love him with your whole being so that you will live.

Deuteronomy 30 : 7 (NCV)

The Lord your God will put all these curses on your enemies, who hate you and are cruel to you.

Deuteronomy 30 : 8 (NCV)

And you will again obey the Lord, keeping all his commands that I give you today.

Deuteronomy 30 : 9 (NCV)

The Lord your God will make you successful in everything you do. You will have many children, your cattle will have many calves, and your fields will produce good crops, because the Lord will again be happy with you, just as he was with your ancestors.

Deuteronomy 30 : 10 (NCV)

But you must obey the Lord your God by keeping all his commands and rules that are written in this Book of the Teachings. You must return to the Lord your God with your whole being.

Deuteronomy 30 : 11 (NCV)

This command I give you today is not too hard for you; it is not beyond what you can do.

Deuteronomy 30 : 12 (NCV)

It is not up in heaven. You do not have to ask, "Who will go up to heaven and get it for us so we can obey it and keep it?"

Deuteronomy 30 : 13 (NCV)

It is not on the other side of the sea. You do not have to ask, "Who will go across the sea and get it? Who will tell it to us so we can keep it?"

Deuteronomy 30 : 14 (NCV)

No, the word is very near you. It is in your mouth and in your heart so you may obey it.

Deuteronomy 30 : 15 (NCV)

Look, today I offer you life and success, death and destruction.

Deuteronomy 30 : 16 (NCV)

I command you today to love the Lord your God, to do what he wants you to do, and to keep his commands, his rules, and his laws. Then you will live and grow in number, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land you are entering to take as your own.

Deuteronomy 30 : 17 (NCV)

But if you turn away from the Lord and do not obey him, if you are led to bow and serve other gods,

Deuteronomy 30 : 18 (NCV)

I tell you today that you will surely be destroyed. And you will not live long in the land you are crossing the Jordan River to enter and take as your own.

Deuteronomy 30 : 19 (NCV)

Today I ask heaven and earth to be witnesses. I am offering you life or death, blessings or curses. Now, choose life! Then you and your children may live.

Deuteronomy 30 : 20 (NCV)

To choose life is to love the Lord your God, obey him, and stay close to him. He is your life, and he will let you live many years in the land, the land he promised to give your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.