But this exile will eventually end in a great ingathering. The LORD promises Jacob that he will be with him in exile, He will keep him in all places he goes, and He will return him to the land of Canaan. He assures Jacob that, even in exile, He will not leave him.

Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land; for I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you. (Genesis 28:15)

In the same way, the exile of Jacob’s seed Israel will ultimately end in a return to the land. Though it may seem that Israel has been abandoned by God through her centuries of exile and dispersion, God has never actually abandoned His people. He has kept them for Himself in all the places they have been scattered, and He will eventually recollect Jacob’s seed from the west, the east, the north and the south.

And He will send forth His angels with a great trumpet and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other. (Matthew 24:31)

The prophet Isaiah recognized the warning of exile and promise of return implicit in Genesis 28. Isaiah 43:1-6 seems to allude to Genesis 28. Addressing Jacob directly, the LORD speaks through the mouth of Isaiah and reiterates the promise to be with his seed in exile and to return them to the land.

Do not fear, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east, and gather you from the west. I will say to the north, “Give them up!” and to the south, “Do not hold them back.” Bring My sons from afar And My daughters from the ends of the earth…” (Isaiah 43:5-6)