| Deuteronomy 30:3
| The Lord thy God will bring back again thy captivity, and will have mercy on thee, and gather thee again out of all the nations, into which he scattered thee before.
| Before. The Jews are still in expectation of this deliverance, as they say this prediction does not relate to the captivity at Babylon. But Nehemias understood it in this sense, (2 Esdras 1:8,) though it will not have its perfect accomplishment till the latter days, when the Israelites will embrace the true faith, Romans 11:25.
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