Deuteronomy 30:1-20

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  • A promise of restoration, when they return to God.


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Deuteronomy 30 - Final warning (part 2) and the need to respond to it.

Scripture Passage Comments and Links
Deu 30:1 It shall happen, when all these things have come on you, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before you, and you shall call them to mind among all the nations, where Yahweh your God has driven you, Prophetic statements related to the future...

When these things (chapter 29) happen, and you reflect on the facts...

Deu 30:2 and shall return to Yahweh your God, and shall obey his voice according to all that I command you this day, you and your children, with all your heart, and with all your soul; ... and you turn back to God and obey him, ...
Deu 30:3 that then Yahweh your God will turn your captivity, and have compassion on you, and will return and gather you from all the peoples, where Yahweh your God has scattered you.

Deu 30:4 If any of your outcasts are in the uttermost parts of the heavens, from there will Yahweh your God gather you, and from there he will bring you back:

Deu 30:5 and Yahweh your God will bring you into the land which your fathers possessed, and you shall possess it; and he will do you good, and multiply you above your fathers.

... then God will turn back to you and restore you to the land.

So far, this has only happened in part. The final fulfillment is yet to come.

Deu 30:6 Yahweh your God will circumcise your heart, and the heart of your seed, to love Yahweh your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, that you may live. He will change your heart so that you will love God totally.
  • Circumcision - The physical act was to be a reminder of the internal (heart) change that was needed.

This did not happen under the Old Covenant.

  • Contrast this with Deuteronomy 29:4, which describes their hearts as unchanged (=wicked).
Deu 30:7 Yahweh your God will put all these curses on your enemies, and on those who hate you, who persecuted you. He will judge your enemies. Conditions will be reversed... and they will be the ones who receive the curses.
Deu 30:8 You shall return and obey the voice of Yahweh, and do all his commandments which I command you this day.

Deu 30:9 Yahweh your God will make you plenteous in all the work of your hand, in the fruit of your body, and in the fruit of your livestock, and in the fruit of your ground, for good: for Yahweh will again rejoice over you for good, as he rejoiced over your fathers;

Deu 30:10 if you shall obey the voice of Yahweh your God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law; if you turn to Yahweh your God with all your heart, and with all your soul.

When you return and obey God, God will bless all that you do.
Deu 30:11 For this commandment which I command you this day, it is not too hard for you, neither is it far off.

Deu 30:12 It is not in heaven, that you should say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it to us, and make us to hear it, that we may do it?

Deu 30:13 Neither is it beyond the sea, that you should say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it to us, and make us to hear it, that we may do it?

Deu 30:14 But the word is very near to you, in your mouth, and in your heart, that you may do it.

God's requirements aren't something you can't comprehend; it doesn't require major accomplishments to attain an understanding of what he requires. The message is right here and you know what it is!
Deu 30:15 Behold, I have set before you this day life and good, and death and evil;

Deu 30:16 in that I command you this day to love Yahweh your God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his ordinances, that you may live and multiply, and that Yahweh your God may bless you in the land where you go in to possess it.

You simply have to decide... Do you want to obey and be blessed?

Though this passage is found at the end of a prophecy about Israel's future (which means that it would someday occur), it emphasizes the people's responsibility to choose whether or not they would follow God. As elsewhere in Scripture, God's sovereignty (illustrated by the prophecy) and human responsibility (illustrated by this command to choose) go together.

Deu 30:17 But if your heart turns away, and you will not hear, but shall be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;

Deu 30:18 I denounce to you this day, that you shall surely perish; you shall not prolong your days in the land, where you pass over the Jordan to go in to possess it.

... or do you want to abandon God and perish?
Deu 30:19 I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse: therefore choose life, that you may live, you and your seed;

Deu 30:20 to love Yahweh your God, to obey his voice, and to cleave to him; for he is your life, and the length of your days; that you may dwell in the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.

The choice is yours (and I urge you to choose life).



Ch. 2 & 3 (selected)  •  5:1-33  •  6:1-25  •  7:1-26  •  8:1-20  •  9:1-29  •  11:1-28  •  13:1-18  •  18:15-22  •  19:14  •  20:1-20  •  21:22-23  •  Ch. 22 (selected)  •  23:12-14, 19-25  •  24:6, 10-22  •  25:4  •  25:13-16  •  26:1-15  •  28:1-68  •  29:1-29  •  30:1-20

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—— To avoid any copyright issues, all Scripture is either from a public domain translation (such as the World English Bible), my own translation, or a combination of these. ——
The name "Yahweh," when present in an Old Testament passage, represents the Hebrew name for the God of the Bible.
Unless otherwise noted, all notes and comments are © by Dennis Hinks.