What did God know would happen to Israel before their restoration?
God knew Israel would become a wandering people without a homeland, persecuted and driven from place to place for centuries. He foreknew that they would be dispersed among the nations, scattered by the LORD, before He promised to turn their captivity, show compassion, and gather them back from every nation.
Les explains that God knew Israel would become what is called the wandering Jew, without a homeland, persecuted, and driven from one place to another. They would be dispersed for centuries and scattered among the nations. Yet the promise was that then the LORD thy God would turn their captivity, have compassion on them, return, and gather them from all the nations where He had scattered them. Les notes that many Jews lost sight of that promise, but many did not, and in our own generation God's Word is true as He brings them back from every nation under heaven. He cites documentation that Jews in Israel had come from 133 different sovereign nations, that they have been driven everywhere and are coming home, and that some nations, such as Albania, have no Jews left, Syria has only a few hundred, while Russia and America still have large numbers.