30 When you are in distress and all these things have happened to you, you will return to the Lord your God in later days and obey Him.

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and you and your children return to the Lord your God and obey Him with all your heart and all your soul by doing[a] everything I am giving you today,

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 30:2 Lit soul according to

So the couriers(A) went throughout Israel and Judah with letters from the hand of the king and his officials, and according to the king’s command, saying, “Israelites, return to Yahweh, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel so that He may return to those of you who remain, who have escaped from the grasp of the kings of Assyria.(B)

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for when you return to Yahweh, your brothers and your sons will receive mercy in the presence of their captors and will return to this land.(A) For Yahweh your God is gracious and merciful;(B) He will not turn His face away from you if you return to Him.”

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Let the wicked one abandon his way
and the sinful one his thoughts;(A)
let him return to the Lord,
so He may have compassion on him,
and to our God, for He will freely forgive.(B)

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13 Tear your hearts,(A)
not just your clothes,(B)
and return to the Lord your God.
For He is gracious and compassionate,
slow to anger, rich in faithful love,
and He relents from sending disaster.(C)

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So tell the people: This is what the Lord of Hosts says: Return to Me”—this is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts—“and I will return to you, says the Lord of Hosts.

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