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But if you turn to me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out to the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from there, and will bring them to the place that I have chosen to set my name there.
Reference
Hebrew: ʼillûw
nay, i.e. (softened) if
Greek: ἐμαυτοῦ (emautoû)
of myself so likewise the dative case , and accusative case
Greek: καίγε (kaíge)
and at least (or even, indeed)
Hebrew: kîy
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
Greek: διατηρέω (diatēréō)
to watch thoroughly, i.e. (positively and transitively) to observe strictly, or (negatively and reflexively) to avoid wholly
Hebrew: ʼâtsal
to separate; hence, to select, refuse, contract
Greek: καίγε (kaíge)
and at least (or even, indeed)
Hebrew: kîy
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
Greek: κατατίθημι (katatíthēmi)
to place down, i.e. deposit (literally or figuratively)
Greek: ἐκεῖ (ekeî)
there; by extension, thither
Greek: ἔκθετος (ékthetos)
put out, i.e. exposed to perish
Hebrew: dûwach
to thrust away; figuratively, to cleanse
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Greek: κλίμα (klíma)
a slope, i.e. (specially) a "clime" or tract of country
Hebrew: bether
a section
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Hebrew: galgal
a wheel; by analogy, a whirlwind; also dust (as whirled)
Greek: ἀκμήν (akmḗn)
adverbially, just now, i.e. still
Hebrew: ʻăden
till now
Greek: θέλησις (thélēsis)
determination (properly, the act), i.e. option
Hebrew: tsᵉbâʼ
to please
Greek: μέ (mé)
me
Hebrew: ʼănâʼ
I
Greek: συστρέφω (systréphō)
to twist together, i.e. collect (a bundle, a crowd)
Hebrew: ʼâgar
to harvest
Greek: ἐγγύς (engýs)
near
Greek: ἐκεῖ (ekeî)
there; by extension, thither
Greek: καίγε (kaíge)
and at least (or even, indeed)
Hebrew: kîy
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
Greek: θέλησις (thélēsis)
determination (properly, the act), i.e. option
Hebrew: tsᵉbâʼ
to please
Greek: ἀποφέρω (apophérō)
to bear off (literally or relatively)
Hebrew: gûwz
properly, to shear off; but used only in the (figuratively) sense of passing rapidly
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Greek: περιοχή (periochḗ)
a being held around, i.e. (concretely) a passage (of Scripture, as circumscribed)
Hebrew: ʻômed
a spot (as being fixed)
Hebrew: zôw
this or that
Greek: μέ (mé)
me
Hebrew: ʼănâʼ
I
Greek: κατέχω (katéchō)
to hold down (fast), in various applications (literally or figuratively)
Greek: ἐκλεκτός (eklektós)
select; by implication, favorite
Greek: τακτός (taktós)
arranged, i.e. appointed or stated
Hebrew: shum
{an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character}
Greek: ἐκεῖ (ekeî)
there; by extension, thither
Verse Explanation
Nehemiah also remembered God's promise that if the scattered people returned to Him and obeyed His commands, God would gather them again even from the farthest places and bring them to the place He had chosen for His name. This gave Nehemiah hope that restoration was still possible.
History
c. 445 BC, based on earlier covenant promises. The return from exile was understood as evidence that God's promises of restoration were being fulfilled.