(25) they turned to the service of other gods and worshiped them, gods whom they had not experienced and whom [God] had not allotted to them.

(26) So God was incensed at that land and brought upon it all the curses recorded in this book.(27) God uprooted them from their soil in anger, fury, and great wrath, and cast them into another land, as is still the case.”

(1) ויתשם יהוה — Understand this as the Targum has it: “and He cast them out”. Similar is, (Jeremiah 12:14) “Behold, I cast them out (נתשם) from their land”.

(1) When all these things befall you—the blessing and the curse that I have set before you—and you take them to heart amidst the various nations to which your God has banished you,(2) and you return to your God , and you and your children heed God’s command with all your heart and soul, just as I enjoin upon you this day,(3) then your God will restore your fortunes and take you back in love. [God] will bring you together again from all the peoples where your God has scattered you.

(2) בכל הגויים, while you are still in exile.

(1) ושבת עד יהוה אלוהיך, your repentance will have as its exclusive purpose to henceforth carry out only G’d ‘s will to the extent that He has revealed it. Our sages in (Yuma 86) have said of this type of repentance that “it reaches right up to the throne of God’s Majesty.”

(3) Say to them further:
Thus said the LORD of Hosts: Turn back to me—says the LORD of Hosts—and I will turn back to you—said the LORD of Hosts.

(2)And He will have mercy upon you: That He will give mercy towards you in the heart of the nations. And He will return and gather you from all of the nations: After the rehabilitation, He will return and gather you.

(4) בכל לבבך, without any reservation.

(1) ושב וקבצך , during the ingathering of the exiles.

(1) ושב יהוה אלהיך את שבותך THEN THE LORD THY GOD WILL TURN THY CAPTIVITY — To express this idea it ought to have written והשיב את שבותך, “then He will bring back thy captivity”. But our Rabbis learned from this that, if one can say so of God, His Divine presence dwells with Israel in all the misery of their exile, so that when they are redeemed (i.e. when He speaks of their being redeemed), He makes Scripture write “Redemption” of Himself (i.e. He makes it state that He will be redeemed) — that He will return with them (Megillah 29a). Furthermore the following may be said in explaining the strange form ושב ... את, — that the day of the gathering of the exiles is so important and is attended with such difficulty that it is as though He (God) Himself must actually seize hold of each individual’s hands dragging him from his place (so that God Himself returns with the exile), as it is said, (Isaiah 27:12) “And ye shall be gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel”. We find the same expression in connection with the gathering of the exiles of other nations also,(Jeremiah 48:47): ושבתי שבות מואב "And I shall bring back the exiles of Moab".

(47) But I will restore the fortunes of Moab in the days to come—declares the LORD.
Thus far is the judgment on Moab.

(4) Even if your outcasts are at the ends of the world, from there your God יהוה will gather you, from there [God] will fetch you.(5) And your God יהוה will bring you to the land that your fathers possessed, and you shall possess it; and [God] will make you more prosperous and more numerous than your ancestors.

(8) You, however, will again heed יהוה and obey all the divine commandments that I enjoin upon you this day.(9) And your God יהוה will grant you abounding prosperity in all your undertakings, in your issue from the womb, the offspring of your cattle, and your produce from the soil. For יהוה will again delight in your well-being as in that of your ancestors,

(10) since you will be heeding your God יהוה and keeping the divine commandments and laws that are recorded in this book of the Teaching—once you return to your God יהוה with all your heart and soul.

Verse 10 speaks about the consummation of actual repentance, the final stage of turning to God and not merely focusing in the right direction. In verse 2, the first stage of religious awakening is described, the turning towards God, when a person directs their attention to the right path and is ready to listen.

§ It is taught in a baraita: Rabbi Shimon ben Yoḥai says: Come and see how beloved the Jewish people are before the Holy One, Blessed be He. As every place they were exiled, the Divine Presence went with them. They were exiled to Egypt, and the Divine Presence went with them, as it is stated: “Did I reveal myself to the house of your father when they were in Egypt?” (I Samuel 2:27). They were exiled to Babylonia, and the Divine Presence went with them, as it is stated: “For your sake I have sent to Babylonia” (Isaiah 43:14). So too, when, in the future, they will be redeemed, the Divine Presence will be with them, as it is stated: “Then the Lord your God will return with your captivity” (Deuteronomy 30:3). It does not state: He will bring back, i.e., He will cause the Jewish people to return, but rather it says: “He will return,” which teaches that the Holy One, Blessed be He, will return together with them from among theexiles.

(1) Avinu Shebashamim
(2) Rock and Redeemer of Israel
(3) Bless the State of Israel
(4) The start of flowering of Redemption
(5) Shield it with Your love
(6) Spread over it the shelter of Your peace
(7) Guide it's leaders and advisors with Your light and Your truth.
(8) Establish for them Your good counsel.
(9) Strengthen the hands of the defenders of our Holy Land
(10) Cause them to inherit, our God, deliverance
(11) Place the crown of victory upon them
(12) Give the land peace
(13) And everlasting joy to its inhabitants
(14) And visit all our Brethren of the house of Israel,
(15) in all the lands where they are scattered,
(16) and bring them rapidly to Zion, Your city
(17) and to Jerusalem, where Your name lives,
(18) as it says in the Torah of Moses, Your servant:
(19) Even if your dwelling is at the end of the sky,
(20) G-d will congregate you from there,
(21) and bring you from there, and will bring you toward the land that Your forefathers inherited and you will inherit it
(22) and G-d shall benefit you and multiply your numbers greater than your forefathers. (Deut. 30)
(23) Then the LORD your God will open up your heart and the hearts of your offspring
(24) to love the LORD your God with all your heart and soul,
(25) in order that you may live.
(26) Unify our hearts to love and worship Your name
(27) and to keep all that is in Your Torah,
(28) and send us the son of David, the Messiah of Your justice,
(29) to redeem those who wait for Your salvation.
(30) Appear with the glory and the pride of Your strength,
(31) in front of all the inhabitants of the Universe,
(32) and all those who have breath will say:
(33) The G-d of Israel is the King,
(34) and He reigns over everything.
(35) Amen, forever.

(16) The word of GOD came to me:(17) O mortal, when the House of Israel dwelt on their own soil, they defiled it with their ways and their deeds; their ways were in My sight like the impurity of a menstruous woman. (18) So I poured out My wrath on them for the blood that they shed upon their land, and for the fetishes with which they defiled it.

(19) I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed through the countries: I punished them in accordance with their ways and their deeds. (20) But when they came to those nations,ethose nations Lit. “the nations they came to there.” they caused My holy name to be profaned,fcaused My holy name to be profaned I.e., the exile of Israel was taken by the nations to be evidence of GOD’s weakness. in that it was said of them, “These are GOD’s people, yet they had to leave theirgtheir Heb. “[God’s].” land.”

(21) Therefore I am concerned for My holy name, which the House of Israel have caused to be profaned among the nations to which they have come.(22) Say to the House of Israel: Thus said the Sovereign GOD: Not for your sake will I act, O House of Israel, but for My holy name, which you have caused to be profaned among the nations to which you have come.

(23) I will sanctify My great name that has been profaned among the nations—among whom you have caused it to be profaned. And the nations shall know that I am GOD—declares the Sovereign GOD—when I manifest My holiness before their eyes through you.(24) I will take you from among the nations and gather you from all the countries, and I will bring you back to your own land. (25) I will sprinkle pure water upon you, and you shall be purified: I will purify you from all your defilement and from all your fetishes.

(26) And I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit into you: I will remove the heart of stone from your body and give you a heart of flesh;(27) and I will put My spirit into you. Thus I will cause you to follow My laws and faithfully to observe My rules.

(28) Then you shall dwell in the land which I gave to your fathers, and you shall be My people and I will be your God.(29) And when I have delivered you from all your uncleanness, I will summon the grain and make it abundant, and I will not bring famine upon you.(30) I will make the fruit of your trees and the crops of your fields abundant, so that you shall never again be humiliated before the nations because of famine.

(31) Then you shall recall your evil ways and your base conduct, and you shall loathe yourselves for your iniquities and your abhorrent practices. (32) Not for your sake will I act—declares the Sovereign GOD—take good note! Be ashamed and humiliated because of your ways, O House of Israel!

(33) Thus said the Lord GOD: When I have cleansed you of all your iniquities, I will people your settlements, and the ruined places shall be rebuilt;(34) and the desolate land, after lying waste in the sight of every passerby, shall again be tilled.(35) And men shall say, “That land, once desolate, has become like the garden of Eden; and the cities, once ruined, desolate, and ravaged, are now populated and fortified.”

(36) And the nations that are left around you shall know that I the LORD have rebuilt the ravaged places and replanted the desolate land. I the LORD have spoken and will act.(37) Thus said the Lord GOD: Moreover, in this I will respond to the House of Israel and act for their sake: I will multiply their people like sheep.(38) As Jerusalem is filled with sacrificial sheep during her festivals, so shall the ruined cities be filled with flocks of people. And they shall know that I am the LORD.

Rabbi Yonatan said: Great is repentance, which hastens the redemption, as it is stated: “And a redeemer will come to Zion, and to those who repent from transgression in Jacob” (Isaiah 59:20). What is the reason that a redeemer will come to Zion? It is because there are those who repent from transgression in Jacob.

(20) He shall come as redeemer to Zion,
To those in Jacob who turn back from sin
—declares the LORD.

(1) Cause us to return, our Father, to Your Torah and bring us near, our King, to Your service; and bring us back in whole-hearted repentance before You Blessed are You, Adonoy, Who desires penitence.

(1) Pardon us, our Father, for we have sinned, forgive us, our King, for we have transgressed; for You forgive and pardon. Blessed are You, Adonoy, Gracious One, Who pardons abundantly.

(1) Look upon our affliction, and defend our cause: and redeem us speedily for the sake of Your Name; because You are a Mighty Redeemer. Blessed are You, Adonoy, Redeemer of Israel.

(1) Sound the great shofar for our liberty, and raise a banner to gather our exiles, and gather us together from the four corners of the earth. Blessed are You, Adonoy, Gatherer of the dispersed of His people Israel.

(63) Sound the great shofar for our liberty, and raise a banner to gather our exiles, and gather us together quickly from the four corners of the earth. into our Land. Blessed are You, Adonoy, Gatherer of the dispersed of His people Israel.

(1) Restore our judges32We pray for the restoration of God’s reign of justice, as the prophet said, “And I will restore your judges as in former times, and your advisors as the beginning; afterward you (Jerusalem) will be called the city of righteousness, faithful city” (Isaiah 1:26). This will be manifested with the restoration of the Sanhedrin and their system of halachic justice. as before and our counselors as at first. Remove sorrow and sighing from us,33Few evils are the source of deeper grief and suffering than the absence of justice. With the restoration of justice, our sorrow and sighing will change to joy and gladness.—Avudraham and reign over us You, Adonoy, alone with kindness and compassion; and make us righteous with justice,
(2) Blessed are You, Adonoy, King, Lover of righteousness and justice.
(3)During the Ten Days of Penitence: Blessed are You, Adonoy, the King of Justice.

(1) And return in mercy to Jerusalem,40The “pride of the righteous will be exalted” in the restored city of Jerusalem. Hence in this blessing we plead for the reconstruction of Jerusalem, as it is stated, “Pray for the peace of Jerusalem; may they who love You have peace” (Psalms 122:6)—Maseches Megillah 17b Your city, and dwell therein as You have spoken; and rebuild it soon, in our days, as an everlasting structure, and may You speedily establish the throne of David therein. Blessed are You, Adonoy, Builder of Jerusalem.

(1) Speedily cause the sprout of David,41The prayer for the Messiah, descendant of David, follows the prayer for Jerusalem, following the sequence of Hosea’s prophecy (3:5), “Afterward, the Children of Israel will return to Jerusalem and seek Adonoy their God, and David their King “—Masechcas Megillah 18a Your servant, to flourish and exalt his power with Your deliverance. We hope all day for Your deliverance. Blessed are You, Adonoy, Who causes the power of salvation to sprout.