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.
32. “Indeed, ask about the earlier days that preceded you, from the day God created man on the earth and from one end of the heavens to the other: Has anything like this great event ever happened, or has anything like it been heard of?