Deuteronomy 4:29

29 But from there, you will search for the Lord your God, and you will find [Him] when you seek Him with all your heart and all your soul.^[a]

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 peoples, and you will be reduced to a few survivors among the nations where the Lord your God will drive you.

28 There you will worship man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see, hear, eat, or smell.

29 But from there, you will search for the Lord your God, and you will find [Him] when you seek Him with all your heart and all your soul.

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.

31 He will not leave you, destroy you, or forget the covenant with your fathers that He swore to them by oath, because the Lord your God is a compassionate God.

Footnotes

• [a]. Jr 29:13