28. There you will serve man-made gods of wood and stone, which do not see or hear or eat or smell.
29. But from there you will seek Adonai your God and you will find Him, when you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
30. “When you are in distress and all these things have come on you, in the latter days you will return to Adonai your God and listen to His voice.
31. For Adonai your God is a merciful God. He will not abandon you or destroy you, or forget the covenant with your fathers that He swore to them.
32. “Indeed, ask now about the former days that were before you, from the day that God created man on the earth, and ask from one end of the sky to the other. Has there ever been such a great thing as this, or has anything like it been heard?
33. Has a people ever heard the voice of God speaking from the midst of the fire, as you have heard—and lived?