30 When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, [a]at the length, if thou return to the Lord thy God, and be obedient unto his voice,

31 (For the Lord thy God is a merciful God) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers, which he [b]sware unto them.

32 For inquire now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and [c]ask from the one end of heaven unto the other, if there came to pass such a great thing as this, or whether any such like thing hath been heard.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 4:30 Hebrew, in the latter days.
  2. Deuteronomy 4:31 To certify them the more of the assurance of their salvation.
  3. Deuteronomy 4:32 Man’s negligence is partly cause, that he knoweth not God.

30 When you are in distress(A) and all these things have happened to you, then in later days(B) you will return(C) to the Lord your God and obey him. 31 For the Lord your God is a merciful(D) God; he will not abandon(E) or destroy(F) you or forget(G) the covenant with your ancestors, which he confirmed to them by oath.

The Lord Is God

32 Ask(H) now about the former days, long before your time, from the day God created human beings on the earth;(I) ask from one end of the heavens to the other.(J) Has anything so great(K) as this ever happened, or has anything like it ever been heard of?

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