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If [any of] your outcasts are in the uttermost parts of the heavens, from there will Yahweh your God gather you, and from there will he bring you back:
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Commentators emphasize that this verse is a powerful promise against despair. No matter how scattered or distant God's people are—even to the "uttermost parts of heaven"—His infinite power and knowledge mean He can find and restore them. As John Calvin notes, the repetition of "from thence" is meant to assure the exiles that no distance is an obstacle for God.
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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
If any of thine be driven out. —In the Septuagint, "If your dispersion is."
Unto the outmost parts of h…
16th Century
Protestant
If any of thine be driven out. Since their dispersion into unknown countries might have entirely annihilated their hope of restoration, Mo…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
If [any] of yours be driven out to the outermost parts of heaven As many of them are …
In this chapter, there is a plain intimation of the mercy God has in store for Israel in the latter days. This passage refers to the prophetic warn…
