Bible Strands
Deuteronomy 30:4
Even if you have been banished to the farthest horizon, He will gather you and return you from there.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Moses addresses Israel on the plains of Moab, outlining a future sequence of covenant failure, scattering, and subsequent divine restoration.
The words — יְקַבֶּצְ/ךָ֙ (ye.ka.betz./Cha) translates literally as “he will gather you,” while בִּ/קְצֵ֣ה הַ/שָּׁמָ֑יִם (bi/k.Tzeh ha./sha.Ma.yim) means “at the end of the heavens.”
The thread — The motif of scattering to the farthest reaches and divine gathering appears in Nehemiah 1:9, Deuteronomy 28:64, and Ezekiel 39:25.
Why it lands — The text states that exile to any distance does not nullify God’s promise to collect and restore the people. A reader must acknowledge that covenant faithfulness and divine initiative operate together in reversal of judgment.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
If any of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven, from thence will the Lord thy God gather thee, and from thence will he fetch thee:
Cross-references
- Nehemiah 1:9 but if you return to Me and keep and practice My commandments, then even if your exiles have been banished to the farthest horizon, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place I have chosen as a dwelling for My Name.’
- Deuteronomy 28:64 Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known.
- Ezekiel 39:25 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Now I will restore Jacob from captivity and will have compassion on the whole house of Israel, and I will be jealous for My holy name.
- Isaiah 11:11 On that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover the remnant of His people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
- Isaiah 43:6 I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’ and to the south, ‘Do not hold them back!’ Bring My sons from afar, and My daughters from the ends of the earth—
- Zephaniah 3:19 Behold, at that time, I will deal with all who afflict you. I will save the lame and gather the scattered; and I will appoint praise and fame for the disgraced throughout the earth.