3. he will restore your fortunes. He will have mercy on you and gather you from all the nations of the world where he will scatter you.
4. Even if you are scattered to the most distant country in the world, the Lord your God will gather you and bring you back from there.
5. The Lord your God will bring you to the land your ancestors owned. You will take possession of it, and the Lord will make you more prosperous and numerous than your ancestors were.
6. The Lord your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants. You will love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and you will live.
7. Then the Lord your God will put all these curses on your enemies, those who hate you and persecute you.
8. You will again obey the Lord and follow all his commands that I’m giving you today.
9. The Lord your God will give you many blessings in everything you do: You will have many children. Your animals will have many offspring. Your soil will produce many crops. The Lord will again delight in making you as prosperous as he made your ancestors.
10. He will do this if you obey him and follow his commands and laws that are written in this Book of Teachings and return to the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
11. This command I’m giving you today isn’t too hard for you or beyond your reach.
12. It’s not in heaven. You don’t have to ask, “Who will go to heaven to get this command for us so that we can hear it and obey it?”
13. This command isn’t on the other side of the sea. You don’t have to ask, “Who will cross the sea to get it for us so that we can hear it and obey it?”