"When you are in distressand allthesethingshave comeupon you, in the latterdaysyou will returnto the LORDyour Godand listento His voice.
Afterwardthe sonsof Israelwill returnand seekthe LORDtheir Godand Davidtheir king;and they will cometremblingto the LORDand to His goodnessin the lastdays.
"The angerof the LORDwill not turnbackUntilHe has performedand carriedout the purposesof His heart;In the lastdaysyou will clearlyunderstandit.
"But thisis whatI commandedthem, saying,ObeyMy voice,and I will be your God,and you will be My people;and you will walkin allthe waywhichI commandyou, that it may be wellwith you.'
"Ifyou consentand obey,You will eatthe bestof the land;
"For I knowthat aftermy deathyou will actcorruptlyand turnfrom the waywhichI have commandedyou; and evilwill befallyou in the latterdays,for you will dothat whichis evilin the sightof the LORD,provokingHim to angerwith the workof your hands."
Then Jacobsummonedhis sonsand said,"Assembleyourselves that I may tellyou whatwill befallyou in the daysto come.
And he lookedat Amalekand tookup his discourseand said,"Amalekwas the firstof the nations,But his end[shall be] destruction."
in theselastdayshas spokento us in His Son,whomHe appointedheirof all things,throughwhomalsoHe madethe world.
but [kept] declaringbothto thoseof Damascusfirst,and [also] at Jerusalemand [then] throughout allthe regionof Judea,and [even] to the Gentiles,that they should repentand turnto God,performingdeedsappropriateto repentance.
"Thereforerepentand return,sothat your sinsmay be wiped away,in orderthat timesof refreshingmay comefrom the presenceof the Lord;
"Those whoare faroff will comeand buildthe templeof the LORD."Then you will knowthat the LORDof hostshas sentme to you. And it will takeplaceifyou completelyobeythe LORDyour God.
"Now I have cometo giveyou an understandingof whatwill happento your peoplein the latterdays,for the visionpertains to the daysyet[future]."
Let us examineand probeour ways,And let us returnto the LORD.
"Then My angerwill be kindledagainst them in that day,and I will forsakethem and hideMy facefrom them, and they will be consumed,and manyevilsand troubleswill comeupon them; so that they will sayin that day,Is it not becauseour Godis not amongus that theseevilshave comeupon us?'
ifyou obeythe LORDyour Godto keepHis commandmentsand His statuteswhich are writtenin thisbookof the law,ifyou turnto the LORDyour Godwith allyour heartand soul.
Mosestoldhis father-in-lawallthat the LORDhad doneto Pharaohand to the Egyptiansfor Israel'ssake,allthe hardshipthat had befallenthem on the journey,and [how] the LORDhad deliveredthem.
And having been made perfect,He becameto allthosewho obeyHim the sourceof eternalsalvation,
and you returnto the LORDyour Godand obeyHim with allyour heartand soulaccording to allthat I commandyou today,you and your sons,
"Then it shall comeabout, whenmanyevilsand troubleshave comeupon them, that thissongwill testifybeforethem as a witness(for it shall not be forgottenfrom the lipsof their descendants);for I knowtheir intentwhichthey are developingtoday,beforeI have broughtthem into the landwhichI swore."
In my distressI calledupon the LORD,And criedto my Godfor help;He heardmy voiceout of His temple,And my cryfor helpbeforeHim cameinto His ears.
But as for me, I shall singof Your strength;Yes, I shall joyfullysingof Your lovingkindnessin the morning,For You have beenmy strongholdAnd a refugein the dayof my distress.
Then they criedout to the LORDin their trouble;He deliveredthem out of their distresses.
Then they criedout to the LORDin their trouble;He savedthem out of their distresses.
"Ifyou will return,O Israel,"declaresthe LORD,"[Then] you should returnto Me. And ifyou will putawayyour detestedthingsfrom My presence,And will not waver,
And you will swear,'As the LORDlives,'In truth,in justiceand in righteousness;Then the nationswill blessthemselves in Him, And in Him they will glory."
but [if] you returnto Me and keepMy commandmentsand dothem, thoughthose of you who have been scatteredwere in the mostremotepartof the heavens,I will gatherthem from thereand will bringthem to the placewhereI have chosento cause My nameto dwell.'
