(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
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 thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath driven thee, 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; 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. If any of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven, from thence will the LORD thy God gather thee, and from thence will he fetch thee: And the LORD thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it; and he will do thee good, and multiply thee above thy fathers. And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live. And the LORD thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, which persecuted thee. And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the LORD, and do all his commandments which I command thee this day. And the LORD thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good: for the LORD will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers: If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law, and if thou turn unto the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.”
This section finally ties all the blessings and the curses together so that we can understand the Lord’s plan. If Israel disobeyed and refused to repent the Lord would send them to other lands where the spoke strange languages. However, the Lord was only doing this to bring them to their knees in submission, confessing their sins. As soon as there would be national repentance and submission the Lord would immediately bring them back to the Promised Land so that they could enjoy the benefits of obedience again. Even if they were scattered all over the world, even to the most remote part of the earth, the Lord would bring them back. They would enjoy the prosperity of the Land and be great among the nations as well. At the same time as blessing Israel the Lord would visit the curses on all the nations who had persecuted them during the time of their exile. All the chapters leading up to this chapter are to give context for the fact that the Lord wants to bring His people to their knees and then He will restore the blessings. Once they are restored and blessed then the other nations will see and understand that the Lord is good and then all the families of the earth would be blessed. Everything depends on Israel’s willingness to obey the Lord. This promise has never been rescinded. The only reason Israel is still at war with other nations is that they still haven’t completely submitted to the Lord rather than their own traditions.
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