27 And the Lord ^awill scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left few in number among the nations where the Lord will drive you.  ‡

28 And ^athere you will serve gods, the work of men’s hands, wood and stone, ^bwhich neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell.  ‡

30 When you are in distress, and all these things come upon you in the ^alatter days, when you ^bturn to the Lord your God and obey His voice  ‡

31 (for the Lord your God is a merciful God), He will not forsake you nor ^adestroy you, nor forget the covenant of your fathers which He swore to them.  ‡