Return · Heart · Near word · Life Every step opens the verse it rests on.
Step 1 of 6
BeginningDeuteronomy 30:1Blessing and curse have come to mind among the nations where Israel was scattered.It shall happen, when all these things have come on you, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before you, and you shall call them to mind… v1 · WEB
In the commentaryHe Will Circumcise Your Heart
Return to the LORD with heart and soul
1 Return and obey
The LORD gathers his peopleDeuteronomy 30:2–5When Israel returns and obeys, the compassionate LORD gathers the people from exile, restores them to the land, and makes them fruitful.that then Yahweh your God will release you from captivity, have compassion on you, and will return and gather you from all the peoples where Yahweh… v3 · WEB
In the commentaryHe Will Circumcise Your Heart
2 Receive a renewed heart
Love the LORD and liveDeuteronomy 30:6–10The LORD circumcises the heart so the people may love him and live. Returning obedience is met with restored covenant blessing.Yahweh your God will circumcise your heart, and the heart of your offspring, to love Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that… v6 · WEB
In the commentaryHe Will Circumcise Your Heart
3 The word is near
All Choose life
Deuteronomy 30:19–20Choose life for future generationsI call heaven and earth to witness against you today that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. Therefore choose life… v19 · WEB
In the commentaryChoose Life
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