30:1 “When you have experienced all these things, both the blessings and the curses 1 I have set before you, you will reflect upon them 2 in all the nations where the Lord your God has banished you. 30:2 Then if you and your descendants 3 turn to the Lord your God and obey him with your whole mind and being 4 just as 5 I am commanding you today, 30:3 the Lord your God will reverse your captivity and have pity on you. He will turn and gather you from all the peoples among whom he 6 has scattered you. 30:4 Even if your exiles are in the most distant land, 7 from there the Lord your God will gather you and bring you back. 30:5 Then he 8 will bring you to the land your ancestors 9 possessed and you also will possess it; he will do better for you and multiply you more than he did your ancestors.
1 tn Heb “the blessing and the curse.”
2 tn Heb “and you bring (them) back to your heart.”
3 tn Heb “sons” (so NASB); KJV, ASV, NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT “children.”
4 tn Or “heart and soul” (also in vv. 6, 10).
5 tn Heb “according to all.”
6 tn Heb “the
7 tn Heb “are at the farthest edge of the heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.
8 tn Heb “the
9 tn Heb “fathers” (also later in this verse and in vv. 9, 20).