Deuteronomy 30:4 (YLT)

Passage

`If thine outcast is in the extremity of the heavens, thence doth Jehovah thy God gather thee, and thence He doth take thee;

Nearby Context

Deuteronomy 30:2 and hast turned back unto Jehovah thy God, and hearkened to His voice, according to all that I am commanding thee to-day, thou and thy sons, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul--

Deuteronomy 30:3 then hath Jehovah thy God turned back <FI>to<Fi> thy captivity, and pitied thee, yea, He hath turned back and gathered thee out of all the peoples whither Jehovah thy God hath scattered thee.

Deuteronomy 30:4 `If thine outcast is in the extremity of the heavens, thence doth Jehovah thy God gather thee, and thence He doth take thee;

Deuteronomy 30:5 and Jehovah thy God hath brought thee in unto the land which thy fathers have possessed, and thou hast inherited it, and He hath done thee good, and multiplied thee above thy fathers.

Deuteronomy 30:6 `And Jehovah thy God hath circumcised thy heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, for the sake of thy life;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "thine", "outcast", "extremity", "heavens", "thence", "doth", "jehovah", and "gather". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "thine" and "outcast", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 3's "then hath Jehovah thy God turned back..." into verse 5's "and Jehovah thy God hath brought thee...", so "thine" and "outcast" belong inside that flow. In Deuteronomy context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "thine" and "outcast" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.