¹ “And then when all of these things come upon you, the blessing and the curse that I have set ⌞before you⌟¹ ⌞and you call them to mind⌟² among the nations there where Yahweh your God has scattered you,

1. Literally “to the face of you”
2. Literally “and you bring them back to your heart”

² and you return to Yahweh and you listen to his voice according to all that I am commanding you ⌞today⌟,¹ both you and your children,² with all your heart and with all your inner self,³

1. Literally “the day”
2. Or “sons”
3. Or “soul”

³ and Yahweh your God will restore your fortunes, and he will have compassion upon you, and ⌞he will again gather you together⌟¹ from all the peoples where Yahweh your God scattered you there.

1. Literally “he will do again and he will gather you together”

⁴ “Even if ⌞you are outcasts⌟¹ at the end of the heavens, even from there Yahweh your God shall gather you, and from there ⌞he shall bring you back⌟.²

1. Literally “he/it shall be outcasting your”
2. Literally “he shall take/fetch you”

⁵ And Yahweh your God will bring you to the land that your ancestors¹ had taken possession of,² and he will make you successful, and he will make you more numerous than your ancestors.³

1. Or “fathers”
2. Hebrew “of it”
3. Or “fathers”

⁶ “And Yahweh your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your offspring to love Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your inner self¹ ⌞so that you may live⌟.²

1. Or “soul”
2. Literally “for the sake of your life”

⁷ And Yahweh your God will put all these curses on your enemies and ⌞on those who hate you⌟,¹ on ⌞those who harassed you⌟.²

1. Literally “the haters of you”
2. Literally “who pursued after/persecuted you”

⁸ And ⌞you will again listen⌟¹ to the voice of Yahweh, and you will do all his commandments that I am commanding you ⌞today⌟.²

1. Literally “you will return and you will listen”
2. Literally “the day”

⁹ And Yahweh your God will make you prosperous ⌞in all your undertakings⌟,¹ and in the fruit of your livestock and in the fruit of your ground ⌞abundantly⌟,² for Yahweh ⌞will again rejoice⌟³ over you, just as he rejoiced over your ancestors.⁴

1. Literally “in all of the work of your hand”
2. Literally “to/for good”
3. Literally “he will return ... to rejoice”
4. Or “fathers”

¹⁰ He will do this if you listen to¹ the voice of Yahweh your God by keeping his commandment and his statutes written in the scroll of this law and if you return to Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your inner self.²

1. Or “if you obey/hearken to”
2. Or “soul”

¹¹ “For this commandment that I am commanding you ⌞today⌟¹ is ⌞not too wonderful for you⌟,² and it is not too far from you.

1. Literally “the day”
2. Literally “not is wonderful it from you”

¹² It is not in the heavens ⌞so that you might say⌟,¹ ‘Who will go up for us to the heavens and get it for us and cause us to hear it, so that we may do it?’

1. Literally “to say”

¹³ And it is ⌞not beyond the sea⌟,¹ ⌞so that you might say⌟,² ‘Who will cross for us to the other side of the sea and take it for us and cause us to hear it, so that we may do it?’

1. Literally “is not from beyond the sea”
2. Literally “to say”

¹⁴ But the word is very near you, even in your mouth and in your heart, ⌞so that you may do it⌟.¹

1. Literally “to do it”

¹⁵ “See, I am setting ⌞before you⌟¹ ⌞today⌟² life and prosperity and death and disaster;

1. Literally “to the face of you”
2. Literally “the day”

¹⁶ what I am commanding you ⌞today⌟¹ is to love Yahweh your God by going² in his ways and by keeping his commandments and his statutes and his regulations, and then you will live, and you will become numerous, and Yahweh your God will bless you in the ⌞land where you are going⌟.³

1. Literally “the day”
2. Or “walking”
3. Literally “the land where you are going there”

¹⁷ However, if your heart turns aside and you do not listen and you are lured away and you bow down to other gods and you serve them,

¹⁸ I declare to you ⌞today⌟¹ that you will certainly perish; ⌞you will not extend your time⌟² on the land that you are crossing the Jordan to go there to take possession of it.

1. Literally “the day”
2. Literally “you will not make long days”

¹⁹ I invoke as a witness against you ⌞today⌟¹ the heaven and the earth: life and death I have set ⌞before you⌟,² blessing and curse. So choose life, so that you may live, you and your offspring,³

1. Literally “the day”
2. Literally “to the face of you”
3. Or “seed”

²⁰ by loving Yahweh your God by listening to his voice and by clinging to him, for he is your life and the length of your days in order for you to live on the land that Yahweh swore to your ancestors,¹ to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give to them.”

1. Or “fathers”