Dispersal among the goim – foreign nations – was how God tried to sober up the Jewish people. Heathen/Gentile nations were the bad guys who saw the cheapening of God’s name.

“Now therefore, what do I do here,” says the Lord, “seeing that my people are taken away for nothing? Those who rule over them mock,” says the Lord, “and my name continually all the day is blasphemed.

Isaiah 52:5

The heathen  – nations  – are people whose practices are to be avoided by Israel and Judah.  Essentially, the goim are uncircumcised people, people who are not descendants of Abraham.

Judah was a curse … (who cursed her?)?  Israel was a curse … (who cursed her?)?

And it shall come to pass, that as ye were a curse among the heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing: fear not, but let your hands be strong.

Zechariah 8:13

It is time to revisit that fable about bring permanently, perpetually and irreversibly blessed.