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When God speaks of the regathering of the nation of Israel, it is always a permanent return (Jeremiah 24:5-6;30:8;32:40-41/Ezekiel 39:25-29). It was never God's intention, according to Scripture, to leave any part of Jacob in the midst of the nations. Jeremiah wrote, "Thus says the Lord God of Israel, 'Like these good figs, so I will regard as good the captives of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans. For I will set My eyes on them for good, and I will bring them again to this land; and I will build them up and not overthrow them, and I will plant them and not pluck them up'" (Jeremiah 24:5-6.) Notice what God has said regarding this regathering: "... not overthrow them" and " . . . not pluck them up". This cannot apply to the regathering in 539 BCE because the Romans overthrew them several hundred years later. Another prophecy that stands out is Zechariah 8:7-8: "Thus says the Lord of hosts, 'Behold, I am going to save My people from the land of the east and from the land of the west; and I will bring them back, and they will live in the midst of Jerusalem, and they will be My people and I will be their God in truth and righteousness'". This prophecy is significant in the fact that Zechariah wrote it in the land of Israel after his return following the decree of Cyrus.
