What must scattered Israel do before God will end their captivity and gather them?
Scattered Israel must return to the Lord their God and obey His voice according to all He commands, they and their children, with all their heart and with all their soul. Only then will the Lord end their captivity, have compassion, and gather them from all the nations where He scattered them.
Les teaches that after God scattered Israel among all the nations, the condition for restoration is given in verse 2: they must return to the Lord their God and obey His voice according to all He commands, they and their children, with all their heart and soul. Then the Lord will turn or end their captivity, have compassion, and gather them from the nations where He scattered them. Les notes Israel has not yet reached that place, but it is getting close; the time is coming when all these prophetic utterances concerning the nation will become a reality.
And shalt return unto the LORD thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul;