Deuteronomy 30:1

1 And it shall come to pass when all these things shall have come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thy face, and thou shalt call to mind among all the nations, wherein the Lord shall have scattered thee,

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 And it shall come to pass when all these things shall have come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thy face, and thou shalt call to mind among all the nations, wherein the Lord shall have scattered thee,
2 and shalt return to the Lord thy God, and shalt hearken to his voice, according to all things which I charge thee this day, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul;
3 then the Lord shall heal thine iniquities, and shall pity thee, and shall again gather thee out from all the nations, among which the Lord has scattered thee.
4 If thy dispersion be from one end of heaven to the other, thence will the Lord thy God gather thee, and thence will the Lord thy God take thee.
5 And the Lord thy God shall bring thee in from thence into the land which thy fathers have inherited, and thou shalt inherit it; and he will do thee good, and multiply thee above thy fathers.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. receive them into thine heart.

The Brenton translation of the Septuagint is in the public domain.