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Deuteronomy 30:3

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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.

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Matthew Henry Bible Commentaryv. 3

One would have thought that the threatenings in the close of the foregoing chapter had made a full end of the people of Israel, and had left their case for ever desperate; but in this chapter we have a plain intimation of the mercy God had in store for them in the latter days, so that mercy at length rejoices against judgment, and has the last word. Here we have, I. Exceedingly great and precious promises made to them, upon their repentance and return to God (Deu 30:1-10). II. The righteousness of faith set before them in the plainness and easiness of the commandment that was now given them (Deu 30:11-14). III. A fair reference of the whole matter to their choice (Deu 30:15, etc.).

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Strong's Concordancev. 3

יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, H3068) — Jehovah, Jewish national name of God אֱלֹהִים (ʼĕlôhîym, H430) — gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with… שׁוּב (shûwb, H7725) — to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not… שְׁבוּת (shᵉbûwth, H7622) — exile, concretely, prisoners; figuratively, a former state of prosperity רָחַם (râcham, H7355) — to fondle; by implication, to love, especially to compassionate קָבַץ (qâbats, H6908) — to grasp, i.e. collect עַם (ʻam, H5971) — a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence… פּוּץ (pûwts, H6327) — to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse)

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Jeremiah 29:14rank 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 36:24rank 12

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 147:2rank 10

The LORD builds up Jerusalem; He gathers the exiles of Israel.

Lamentations 3:32rank 9

Even if He causes grief, He will show compassion according to His abundant loving devotion.

Jeremiah 31:10rank 6

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 11:31rank 6

so they too have now disobeyed, in order that they too may now receive mercy through the mercy shown to you.

Lamentations 3:22rank 6

Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail.

Romans 11:23rank 5

And if they do not persist in unbelief, they will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.

Romans 11:26rank 4

And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: “The Deliverer will come from Zion; He will remove godlessness from Jacob.

Isaiah 56:8rank 4

Thus declares the Lord GOD, who gathers the dispersed of Israel: “I will gather to them still others besides those already gathered.”

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