28. There you will serve gods made by men—things made of wood and stone that cannot see or hear or eat or smell!
29. But there in these other lands you will look for the Lord your God. And if you look for him with all your heart and soul, you will find him.
30. When you are in trouble—when all these things happen to you—then you will come back to the Lord your God and obey him.
31. The Lord your God is a merciful God! He will not leave you there or destroy you completely. He will not forget the agreement that he made with your ancestors.
32. “Has anything this great ever happened before? Never! Look at the past. Think about everything that happened before you were born. Go all the way back to the time when God made people on the earth. Look at everything that has happened anywhere in the world. Has anyone ever heard about anything as great as this? No!
33. You people heard God speaking to you from a fire, and you are still alive. Has that ever happened to anyone else? No!
34. Has any other god ever tried to go and take a people for himself from inside another nation? No! But you yourselves have seen everything that the Lord your God did for you. He showed you his power and strength. You saw the troubles that tested the people. You saw miracles and wonders. You saw war and the terrible things that happened.