Then all the Jews returned from all the places to which they had been driven away and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah at Mizpah, and gathered in wine and summer fruit in great abundance.The land had been conquered, and only the poorest were left in it. However, since they were left, and not put into some kind of enslavement, word did get out. All those who had fled ahead of the invasion could now return.
This gives hope to the people, and for the nation. The poorest of the poor were probably not enough to properly cultivate or tend the land, and certainly couldn't keep the economy going. But when word got out that it was safe again, the self-exiled came back. The remnant of the nation pulled together, and kept things from collapsing further.
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