Deuteronomy 6:3 (LSB)

Passage

O Israel, you shall listen and be careful to do it, that it may be well with you and that you may multiply greatly, just as Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has promised you, in a land flowing with milk and honey.

Nearby Context

Deuteronomy 6:1 “Now this is the commandment, the statutes and the judgments, which Yahweh your God has commanded me to teach you, that you might do it in the land where you are going over to possess it,

Deuteronomy 6:2 so that you and your son and your grandson might fear Yahweh your God, to keep all His statutes and His commandments which I am commanding you, all the days of your life, and that your days may be prolonged.

Deuteronomy 6:3 O Israel, you shall listen and be careful to do it, that it may be well with you and that you may multiply greatly, just as Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has promised you, in a land flowing with milk and honey.

Deuteronomy 6:4 “Hear, O Israel! Yahweh is our God, Yahweh is one!

Deuteronomy 6:5 You shall love Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "israel", "shall", "listen", "careful", "well", "multiply", "greatly", and "just". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "israel" and "shall", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 2's "so that you and your son and..." into verse 4's "Hear O Israel Yahweh is our God...", so "israel" and "shall" belong inside that flow. In Deuteronomy context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "israel" and "shall" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.