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Related passages to Deuteronomy 30:18 include Deuteronomy 7:9, Genesis 12:1-3, Exodus 19:4-6, Psalm 95:1-7, and Malachi 3:6, and more.

Deuteronomy 30:18 (YLT)

Passage

I have declared to you this day, that ye do certainly perish, ye do not prolong days on the ground which thou art passing over the Jordan to go in thither to possess it.

Nearby Context

Deuteronomy 30:16 in that I am commanding thee to-day to love Jehovah thy God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commands, and His statutes, and His judgments; and thou hast lived and multiplied, and Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee in the land whither thou art going in to possess it.

Deuteronomy 30:17 `And if thy heart doth turn, and thou dost not hearken, and hast been driven away, and hast bowed thyself to other gods, and served them,

Deuteronomy 30:18 I have declared to you this day, that ye do certainly perish, ye do not prolong days on the ground which thou art passing over the Jordan to go in thither to possess it.

Deuteronomy 30:19 `I have caused to testify against you to-day the heavens and the earth; life and death I have set before thee, the blessing and the reviling; and thou hast fixed on life, so that thou dost live, thou and thy seed,

Deuteronomy 30:20 to love Jehovah thy God, to hearken to His voice, and to cleave to Him (for He <FI>is<Fi> thy life, and the length of thy days), to dwell on the ground which Jehovah hath sworn to thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give to them.'

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "declared", "certainly", "perish", "prolong", "days", "ground", "thou", and "passing". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "declared" and "certainly", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 17's "And if thy heart doth turn and..." into verse 19's "I have caused to testify against you...", so "declared" and "certainly" 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 "declared" and "certainly" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.