27 For the lord will scatter you among the nations, where only a few of you will survive.
28 There, in a foreign land, you will worship idols made from wood and stone—gods that neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell.
29 But from there you will search again for the lord your God. And if you search for him with all your heart and soul, you will find him.
30 “In the distant future, when you are suffering all these things, you will finally return to the lord your God and listen to what he tells you.
31 For the lord your God is a merciful God; he will not abandon you or destroy you or forget the solemn covenant he made with your ancestors.
32 “Now search all of history, from the time God created people on the earth until now, and search from one end of the heavens to the other. Has anything as great as this ever been seen or heard before?
33 Has any nation ever heard the voice of God speaking from fire—as you did—and survived?