That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee.
Ver. 3. That then the Lord thy God.] Conversio Iudaeorum magnifice hic promittitur, saith one. Here is a stately promise of the conversion of the Jews, concerning which, See Trapp on " Rom 11:25 " &c.
Verse Deuteronomy 30:3. _GATHER THEE FROM ALL THE NATIONS_] This must refer to a more extensive captivity than that which they suffered in Babylon....
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 address therefore are words of comfort and promise. Compa...
26. THE DISPERSION, THE RETURN AND THE FINAL APPEAL CHAPTER 30 _ 1. The message of hope (Deuteronomy 30:1)_ 2. The final appeal (Deuteronomy 30:11) These things, which Moses spoke into the ears of...
DEUTERONOMY 30:1 seems like an expansion of Deuteronomy 4:29, and sums up the promises of D, expressing them from the standpoint of the Exile. Deuteronomy 30:1. the blessing and the curse: referr
TURN THY CAPTIVITY. Figure of speech _Paronomasia._ Hebrew veshab. _eth-shebuthka._ Compare Amos 9:14; Amos 9:15.Jeremiah 30:3. Idiom for relief from any trouble. Compare...
_turn thy captivity_ The Heb. phrase can hardly mean this, for the return from captivity comes later in this passage, in Deuteronomy 30:4, and such a sense is impossible in Job 42:10. Render TURN THY...
3. JEHOVAH'S BLESSINGS ASSURED WHENEVER ISRAEL REPENTS (Deuteronomy 30:1-10) And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before th...
_AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS, WHEN ALL THESE THINGS ARE COME UPON THEE, THE BLESSING AND THE CURSE, WHICH I HAVE SET BEFORE THEE, AND THOU SHALT CALL THEM TO MIND AMONG ALL THE NATIONS, WHITHER THE LORD...
PROMISES AND APPEALS A promise of restoration, even after abandonment and rejection, is held out, on condition of repentance; and an appeal is made to the people to choos the way of obedience and lif...
DEUTERONOMY: GOD’S LAW OF LOVE LOVE AND OBEY THE *LORD YOUR GOD DEUTERONOMY _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 30 V1 ‘All these *blessings and *curses, that I have told you about, will happen to you. You wi...
THE LORD THY GOD WILL TURN THY CAPTIVITY. — The word “turn” is not active as we should expect (in the Hebrew), but neuter, and upon this fact the Rabbis have grounded the following observation that “i...
וְ שָׁ֨ב יְהוָ֧ה אֱלֹהֶ֛יךָ אֶת ־שְׁבוּתְךָ֖...
MOSES' FAREWELL SPEECHES Deuteronomy 4:1, Deuteronomy 27:1; Deuteronomy 28:1; Deuteronomy 29:1;...
PROMISES TO RETURNING WANDERERS Deuteronomy 30:1 The Hebrew people have often turned to this chapter in the belief that the day must come when God will pity their forlorn condition and restore them...
Continuing his discourse, Moses uttered words thrilling at first with tenderness and urgent appeal. In the first ten verses of the chapter we have the long look ahead of love. He seems to have seen t...
_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 i. 8,) thou...
It is a sweet feature of the old church, and which the Reader should never overlook, that it had an eye all along to the dispersion of Israel, and to their gathering again. See Leviticus 26:44....
It is clear that a new division of the statutes and judgments of this book begins with the later verses just read from Deuteronomy 16:1-22. What belonged to the religious life of Israel was closed wit...
We must now dwell a little on this last point. Chapter 30 furnishes us with an important principle. It supposes that the people have already incurred the consequences of disobedience, and they are see...
THAT THEN THE LORD THY GOD WILL TURN THY CAPTIVITY, AND HAVE COMPASSION ON THEE,.... Return them from their captivity, or bring them out of it, both in a temporal and spiritual sense; free them from t...
_The Lord will turn thy captivity_ That is, will bring back thy captives, as the following words imply. Indeed, _captivity_ is often put for _captives, Psalms 14:7_; and Psalms 68:18; Judges 5:12. Thi...
1 Great mercies promised vnto the repentant. 11 The Commaundement is manifest. 15 Death and life are set before them. 1 AND it shall come to passe when all these things are come vpon thee, the bles...
MERCIES PROMISED TO THE OBEDIENT...
that then the Lord, thy God, will turn thy captivity, with its misery and affliction, AND HAVE COMPASSION UPON THEE, AND WILL RETURN AND GATHER THEE FROM ALL THE NATIONS WHITHER THE LORD, THY GOD, HAT...
GOD'S GRACE TO THOSE WHO RETURN (vs.1-10) There are some (even Christians) who insist that Israel has departed so far from God that they can never be restored. But they must ignore chapter 30:1-10, a...
1-10 In this chapter is a plain intimation of the mercy God has in store for Israel in the latter days. This passage refers to the prophetic warnings of the last two chapters, which have been mainly...
TURN THY CAPTIVITY, i.e. bring back thy captives, as _captivity_ is taken, PSALMS 14:7 EPHESIANS 4:8. _Gather thee_, i.e. thy children; either spiritually such, as it is explained 1 Thessaloni
This chapter is one of very deep interest and importance. It is prophetic, and presents to us some of "the secret things" referred to at the close of the Preceding chapter. It unfolds some of those mo...
Deuteronomy 30:3 LORD H3068 God H430 back H7725 (H8804) captivity H7622 compassion H7355 (H8765) again H7725 ...
CHAPTER 30 GOD'S CONTINUING MERCY. This chapter begins by recognising that both the blessings and the cursings described in Deuteronomy 28 will finally have their effects. Moses was fully aware that G...
TURN THY CAPTIVITY The Palestinian Covenant gives the conditions under which Israel entered the land of promise. It is important to see that the nation has never as yet taken the land under the uncon...
CONTENTS: The Palestinian covenant declared. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: Those shall have life who choose it. Those who come short of life and happiness must thank themselves. They would hav...
Deuteronomy 30:5. _The Lord thy God will bring thee into the land,_ when thou art penitent, by the marvellous munificence of Darius, and of Cyrus his nephew. What a luminous vision of future things! T...
CRITICAL NOTES.—Israel were rejected and exiled on account of apostacy, but not absolutely east off for ever. If they would return to the Lord he would turn his favour towards them again, and gather t...
EXPOSITION DEUTERONOMY 30:1 Though rejected and exiled because of rebellion and apostasy, Israel should not be absolutely or forever cast off. When dispersed among the nations, if the people should r...
Chapter 30. It shall come to pass when all these things are come upon thee the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and you call them to mind among all the nations, whither the Lord...
Ezekiel 34:12; Ezekiel 34:13; Ezekiel 36:24; Ezra 1:1; Isaiah 56:8;...