But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there.
But if you return to me and obey my commands and follow them, even if you were scattered to the farthest corners of the earth, I will gather you from there and bring you back to the place I have chosen for my name to dwell.
God is promising that no matter how far his people have been scattered as punishment, if they return to him and obey his commands, he will bring them back home.
📚 Historical Context
Nehemiah is praying and recalling God's promise given through Moses about restoration after exile. The Jewish people had been conquered and scattered by foreign empires as consequences for disobedience, but God had always promised to restore them if they returned to him. This prayer comes as Nehemiah prepares to ask the Persian king for permission to rebuild Jerusalem's walls.
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