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Deuteronomy 30:3
then He will restore you from captivity and have compassion on you and gather you from all the nations to which the LORD your God has scattered you.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Moses addresses the Israelites in the plains of Moab, stating what Yahweh will do in response to the condition laid out in the preceding verse: their return to Him and obedience with all heart and soul.
The words — שׁוּב (shav, "turn back") appears twice in the verse, once for God's action toward the people and once for the people's return, binding both movements to the same root.
The thread — The same gathering-from-nations formula recurs in Jeremiah 29:14, Ezekiel 36:24, and Psalms 147:2, each pairing restoration from captivity with collection from the nations.
Why it lands — The promise is real but conditional; the verse sits inside an "if" clause, so the weight of the sentence rests on the reader's willingness to return before God gathers.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
That then the Lord thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the Lord thy God hath scattered thee.
Cross-references
- Jeremiah 29:14 I will be found by you, declares the LORD, and I will restore you from captivity and gather you from all the nations and places to which I have banished you, declares the LORD. I will restore you to the place from which I sent you into exile.”
- Ezekiel 36:24 For I will take you from among the nations and gather you out of all the countries, and I will bring you back into your own land.
- Psalms 147:2 The LORD builds up Jerusalem; He gathers the exiles of Israel.
- Lamentations 3:32 Even if He causes grief, He will show compassion according to His abundant loving devotion.
- Ezekiel 34:12 As a shepherd looks for his scattered sheep when he is among the flock, so I will look for My flock. I will rescue them from all the places to which they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness.
- Zechariah 8:7 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I will save My people from the land of the east and from the land of the west.
- Jeremiah 32:37 I will surely gather My people from all the lands to which I have banished them in My furious anger and great wrath, and I will return them to this place and make them dwell in safety.
- Lamentations 3:22 Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail.
- Jeremiah 31:10 Hear, O nations, the word of the LORD, and proclaim it in distant coastlands: “The One who scattered Israel will gather them and keep them as a shepherd keeps his flock.
- Romans 11:31 so they too have now disobeyed, in order that they too may now receive mercy through the mercy shown to you.