John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 30:4
If any of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven ,.... As many of them are in this remote island of ours, Great Britain, reckoned formerly the uttermost part of the earth, as Thule, supposed to be Schetland, an isle belonging to Scotland, is said to be F13 "Ultima Thule", Virgil. Georgic. l. 1. v. 30. Seneca Medea, Act 2. in fine. ; See Gill on Deuteronomy 28:49 ; and as some of them are thought to be in America, which Manasseh Ben Israel F14 Spes Israelis,... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 30:1-10
These verses may be considered either as a conditional promise or as an absolute prediction. I. They are chiefly to be considered as a conditional promise, and so they belong to all persons and all people, and not to Israel only; and the design of them is to assure us that the greatest sinners, if they repent and be converted, shall have their sins pardoned, and be restored to God's favour. This is the purport of the covenant of grace, it leaves room for repentance in case of misdemeanour, and... read more