Deuteronomy 4:27-31

VIN(i) 27 The LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and you shall be left few in number among the nations, where the LORD will drive you. 28 There you will serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell. 29 But if from there you shall seek the LORD your God, you shall find him, if you seek him with all your heart and with all your soul. 30 "When you are in trouble (distress) and all these things happen to you in the latter days, turn to the LORD your God and obey his voice. 31 For the LORD your God is a merciful God. He will not fail you nor destroy you, nor forget the covenant of your fathers which he swore to them.