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that then Yahweh your God will turn your captivity, and have compassion on you, and will return and gather you from all the peoples, where Yahweh your God has scattered you.
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More Than a Homecoming
Commentators explain that God's promise to "turn your captivity" is not just about a physical return from exile. It is also a profound spiritual restoration. This includes deliverance from the bondage of sin, what Deuteronomy 30:6 calls a "circumcised heart" that loves God, and as one ancient version puts it, the "healing of your sins."
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Deuteronomy
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The rejection of Israel and the desolation of the promised inheritance were not to be the end of God’s dispensations. The closing words of the addr…
19th Century
Anglican
The Lord thy God will turn thy captivity.—The word “turn” is not active as we should expect (in Hebrew), but neuter…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
That then the Lord your God will turn your captivity, and have compassion on you
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