Exclusive Relationship

In exchange for G-d going to the trouble of being so exclusionary about Israel, vowing to the patriarchs that He would not exchange them with another nation, He expects them to be faithful to Him in kind.

Rashi explains here that this Parsha of Nitzavim comes right after that of Ki Tavo as when the Israelites heard the 98 curses written in Ki Tavo, they feared it would be too much for them to handle. Thus Moshe calmed them down with what is written here in Nitzavim that in spite of having angered G-d many times, He has not destroyed them and that in fact the curses and suffering are what allow them to stay standing before Him. The curses do so by deterring them from sinning and the suffering by cleansing them of sins.

Moshe tells them that G-d is saying that He is including all future generations of Jews in the covenant, not only those who were physically there that day.

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