The Bible states repeatedly that, because they angered God, the Jewish people will be scattered across the earth. They would be driven from their homeland and forced to live in foreign lands where they would be persecuted. This prophecy has clearly come true. The Jewish people were chased out of ancient Israel or carried away as captives. They lost their right to govern their homeland and instead had to make their homes in numerous foreign nations. 

Many people think of the Jewish diaspora as beginning with the victory of Babylon and the resultant captivity of the Jews. In reality, however, the Jews were not truly scattered until the destruction of the Second Temple in A.D. 70. at the hands of Rome. It was after that event that the Jews truly began to be scattered to the winds. For centuries, the Jewish people had no homeland. Instead, they made their lives in foreign lands, and there are Jewish communities in nearly every country on the planet.