“When all these things come upon you—the blessings and curses I have set before you—and you call them to mind in all the nations to which the LORD your God has banished you,
Parallel translations
- WEB It shall happen, when all these things have come on you, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before you, and you shall call them to mind among all the nations, where Yahweh your God has driven you,
- KJV And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath driven thee,
- NKJV “Now it shall come to pass, when all these things come upon you, the blessing and the curse which I have set before you, and you call them to mind among all the nations where the Lord your God drives you,
- NASB “So it will be when all of these things have come upon you, the blessing and the curse which I have placed before you, and you call them to mind in all the nations where the Lord your God has scattered you,
- NLT “In the future, when you experience all these blessings and curses I have listed for you, and when you are living among the nations to which the Lord your God has exiled you, take to heart all these instructions.
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Quick answer
When blessing and curse have run their course, Israel will remember God's word in exile. Even judgment is not God's final word for his people.
Overview
Moses looks beyond the curses to a future when, scattered among the nations, Israel will 'call them to mind' and turn back. This anticipates restoration after discipline, showing that God's purpose in judgment is corrective, not merely punitive. The pattern of exile leading to repentance and return foreshadows the gospel hope that God draws the wandering home to himself.
Cross-references & the web
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- 1 Kgs 8:47–48and when they come to their senses in the land to which they were taken, and they repent and plead with You in the land of their captors, saying, ‘We have sinned and done wrong; we have acted wickedly,’
- Deut 30:15See, I have set before you today life and goodness, as well as death and disaster.
- Deut 30:19I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing. Therefore choose life, so that you and your descendants may live,
- Deut 11:26–28See, today I am setting before you a blessing and a curse—
- Deut 4:29–30But if from there you will seek the LORD your God, you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
- Deut 29:28The LORD uprooted them from their land in His anger, rage, and great wrath, and He cast them into another land, where they are today.’
- Luke 15:17Finally he came to his senses and said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have plenty of food? But here I am, starving to death!
- Ezek 18:28Because he considered and turned from all the transgressions he had committed, he will surely live; he will not die.
- Deut 27:1–26Then Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people: “Keep all the commandments I am giving you today.
- Deut 29:18–23Make sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the LORD our God to go and worship the gods of those nations. Make sure there is no root among you that bears such poisonous and bitter fruit,
- Isa 46:8Remember this and be brave; take it to heart, you transgressors!
- Deut 28:64Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known.
- Jer 8:3And wherever I have banished them, the remnant of this evil family will choose death over life,” declares the LORD of Hosts.
- Lev 26:1–46“You must not make idols for yourselves or set up a carved image or sacred pillar; you must not place a sculpted stone in your land to bow down to it. For I am the LORD your God.
- Gen 4:14Behold, this day You have driven me from the face of the earth, and from Your face I will be hidden; I will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.”
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