Deuteronomy 30:1

The Promise of Restoration

1 “When all these things come upon you—the blessings and curses I have set before you—and you call them to mind in all the nations to which the LORD your God has banished you, ¹

Deuteronomy 30:1 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 30:1

And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon
thee
Declared, pronounced, foretold, and prophesied of in the three preceding chapters, especially in ( Deuteronomy 28:1-68 ) ;

the blessing and the curse which I have set before thee;
the blessings promised to those that pay a regard to the will of God and obey his voice, and curses threatened to the see ( Deuteronomy 28:1-20 ) ;

and thou shall call [them] to mind among all the nations whither the
Lord thy God hath driven thee;
recollect the promises and the threatenings, and observe the exact accomplishment of them in their captivities, and especially in this their last and present captivity.

Deuteronomy 30:1 In-Context

1 “When all these things come upon you—the blessings and curses I have set before you—and you call them to mind in all the nations to which the LORD your God has banished you,

2 and when you and your children return to the LORD your God and obey His voice with all your heart and all your soul according to everything I am giving you today,

3 then He will restore you from captivity and have compassion on you and gather you from all the nations to which the LORD your God has scattered you.

4 Even if you have been banished to the farthest horizon, He will gather you and return you from there.

5 And the LORD your God will bring you into the land your fathers possessed, and you will take possession of it. He will cause you to prosper and multiply more than your fathers.

Cross References

• 1. (Nehemiah 1:1–11)