A Book about Exile - Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy 30 (RY: ii, LY: iv) 

“When the time arrives that all these things have come upon you, both the blessing and the curse which I have presented to you; and you are there among the nations to which Adonai your God has driven you; then, at last, you will start thinking about what has happened to you;  

² and you will return to Adonai your God and pay attention to what he has said, which will be exactly what I am ordering you to do today — you and your children, with all your heart and all your being.  

³ At that point, Adonai your God will reverse your exile and show you mercy; he will return and gather you from all the peoples to which Adonai your God scattered you.  

⁴ If one of yours was scattered to the far end of the sky, Adonai your God will gather you even from there; he will go there and get you.

⁵ Adonai your God will bring you back into the land your ancestors possessed, and you will possess it; he will make you prosper there, and you will become even more numerous than your ancestors.

⁶ Then Adonai your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your children, so that you will love Adonai your God with all your heart and all your being, and thus you will live. 

 (RY: iii, LY: v)  

⁷ Adonai your God will put all these curses on your enemies, on those who hated and persecuted you;  

⁸ but you will return and pay attention to what Adonai says and obey all his mitzvot which I am giving you today.  

⁹ Then Adonai your God will give you more than enough in everything you set out to do — the fruit of your body, the fruit of your livestock, and the fruit of your land will all do well; for Adonai will once again rejoice to see you do well, just as he rejoiced in your ancestors.

¹⁰ “However, all this will happen only if you pay attention to what Adonai your God says, so that you obey his mitzvot and regulations which are written in this book of the Torah, if you turn to Adonai your God with all your heart and all your being. 

(LY: vi) 

¹¹ For this mitzvah which I am giving you today is not too hard for you, it is not beyond your reach. 
¹² It isn’t in the sky, so that you need to ask, ‘Who will go up into the sky for us, bring it to us and make us hear it, so that we can obey it?’  


¹³ Likewise, it isn’t beyond the sea, so that you need to ask, ‘Who will cross the sea for us, bring it to us and make us hear it, so that we can obey it?’  


¹⁴ On the contrary, the WORD is very close to you — in your MOUTH, even in your HEART; therefore, you can do it!

Deuteronomy 32

Complete Jewish Bible (CJB)

32 “Hear, oh heavens, as I speak!
Listen, earth, to the words from my mouth!

² May my teaching fall like rain.
May my speech condense like dew,
like light rain on blades of grass,
or showers on growing plants.

³ “For I will proclaim the name of Adonai.
Come, declare the greatness of our God!
⁴ The Rock! His work is perfect,
for all his ways are just.

A trustworthy God who does no wrong,
he is righteous and straight.

⁵ “He is not corrupt; the defect is in his children,
a crooked and perverted generation.
⁶ You foolish people, so lacking in wisdom,
is this how you repay Adonai?
He is your father, who made you his!
It was he who formed and prepared you!