Deuteronomy 4:29

29 You will seek the LORD your God from there, and you will find him if you seek him with all your heart and with all your being.

Deuteronomy 4:29 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 4:29

But if from thence thou shalt seek the Lord thy God
By prayer and supplication, acknowledging and confessing sin, and desiring that God would be gracious and forgive it, and bring them out of their miserable condition; even if out of those depths of affliction and distress, and though scattered about in the world, and in the uttermost parts of it:

thou shalt find him;
to be a God hearing and answering prayer, gracious and merciful, ready to help and deliver:

if they seek him with all their heart and with all their soul;
sincerely and affectionately.

Deuteronomy 4:29 In-Context

27 The LORD will scatter you among the nations. Only a very few of you will survive in the countries where the LORD will drag you.

28 There you will worship other gods, made of wood and stone by human hands—gods that cannot see, listen, eat, or smell.

29 You will seek the LORD your God from there, and you will find him if you seek him with all your heart and with all your being.

30 In your distress, when all these things happen to you in the future, you will return to the LORD your God and you will obey his voice,

31 because the LORD your God is a compassionate God. He won't let you go, he won't destroy you, and he won't forget the covenant that he swore to your ancestors.

Footnotes

• [a]. Heb lacks him.