Rather, I have addressed it , but will do so again.
Not one single verse, old testament or new, written AFTER the Babylonain Captivity, prophesies any future "return" of the Jews to their land.
No even one.
All the prophesies about an exile and subsequent return were foretold before, and fulfilled completely, by the end of the Babylonain captivity. Period.
You can not show from scripture one single prophesy that foretells a subsequent, post post Babylonain exile AND RETURN of the Jews to the land.
The only "return" to a covenanted existence with the Father now offered for Jews is in and through Christ and His Church.
You assert this, but it simply does not match up against what Moses describes. His curse consists of a first partial exile to
one nation in which Israel's king and some part of the population is exiled, and during which Israel is in the land, and sinks further and further into subjection. This is attended by assertions that God has placed an "iron yoke" on Israel which will not depart until Israel is destroyed. There follows an assertion of multiple conquerors (verse 48), followed by a description of a methodical destruction of the nation (49-57), attended by a statement of total exile, in which:
1. Israel is continually wandering.
2. It is dispersed to the 4 winds, to all nations,
3. Is in continual danger.
4. Has no place it can rest.
5. Is hated by all men.
6. Is long, Egyptian scale long.
7. Its destruction comes from a distant nation of unfamiliar language.
8. Is followed by a return in which Israel is more than its ancestors.
Your assertion that the Babylonian exile is Israel's curse does not work because the Babylonian exile does not fit
any of the attributes that Moses assigns to the curse and return:
1. Israel did not continually wander. It's aristocracy was exiled for 70 years and then returned.
2. Israel was not dispersed to all nations, but rather to one.
3. It was not in continual danger in exile -- it had one danger (Haman), and he was quickly dealt with.
4. The exile had rest in Babylon, and then rest after returning.
5. The Jew was not hated by all men.
6. The exile was not long -- it was a single generation. Certainly it was not "Egyptian".
7. Babylonians spoke a Semitic tongue, a sister tongue to Hebrew, while the Romans spoke Latin, which is from a totally different family of languages (Indo-European). That is, Latin is unfamiliar in a way that Akkadian was not.
8. Upon returning, Israel was not more blessed than its ancestors. In fact, it was stuck in a state of subjection to foreign powers.
As for there not being a double destruction of Israel and a double recovery -- look at what Isaiah 11 says!
10 In that day the root of Jesse, who shall stand as a signal for the peoplesof him shall the nations inquire, and his resting place shall be glorious.
11 In that day the Lord will extend his hand yet a
second time to recover the remnant that remains of his people, from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the coastlands of the sea.
12 He will raise a signal for the nations
and will assemble the banished of Israel,
and gather the dispersed of Judah
from the four corners of the earth.
Notice that this second recovery is not from one country, but from the whole world.
As for the Jew's return, Zech 12 describes it admirably, describing how the Jews will recognize "him who they have pierced", with all the nation mourning over him. Thus, you are correct about this matter, the return of the Jew is also the time he recognizes his Messiah. Notice Zech says that this is also the time the Jew becomes a consuming fire, and God seeks to destroy all the nations who have arrayed themselves against Judah. That certainly didn't happen in Roman times. Also didn't happen in Babylonian times. Both Rome and Babylon simply crushed Judah.