^{28 Ref} and ye have served there gods, work of man's hands, wood and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.

^{29 Ref} `And -- ye have sought from thence Jehovah thy God, and hast found, when thou seekest Him with all thy heart, and with all thy soul,

^{30 Ref} in distress `being' to thee, and all these things have found thee, in the latter end of the days, and thou hast turned back unto Jehovah thy God, and hast hearkened to His voice;

^{31 Ref} for a merciful God `is' Jehovah thy God; He doth not fail thee, nor destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers, which He hath sworn to them.