And I will sow them among the people: and they shall remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children, and turn again.
And I will sow them among the people. Their dispersion was with a special design. Like seed sown far and wide, they shall, when quickened themselves, be the fittest instruments for quickening others (cf. Micah 5:7). The slight hold they have on every soil where they now live, as also the commercial and therefore cosmopolitan character of their pursuits, making a change of residence easy to them, fit them peculiarly for missionary work (Moore). The wide dispersion of the Jews just before Christ's coming prepared the way similarly for the apostles' preaching in the various Jewish synagogues throughout the world; everywhere some of the Old Testament seed, previously sown, was ready to germinate when the New Testament light and heat were brought to bear on it by Gospel preachers. Thus the way was opened for entrance among the Gentiles. "I will sow" or "scatter them" х 'ezraa`eem (H2232)] is the Hebrew future, said of that which has been done, is being done, and may be done afterward (Maurer). (Compare Hosea 2:23.)
And they shall remember me in far countries - (Deuteronomy 30:1; 2 Chronicles 6:37). Implying the Jews' return to a right mind in "all the nations" where they are scattered simultaneously. Compare Luke 15:17-18, with Psalms 22:27, "All the ends of the world shall remember, and turn unto the Lord," preceded by "all ye the seed of Jacob, and glorify Him, and fear Him, all ye the seed of Israel;" also Psalms 102:13-15.
And they shall live - in spiritual and political life.