The possibility of repentance as it appears in our parasha appears from the perspective of a broad, national approach. Moshe foresees that the Israelite nation will not follow in the ways of God, and will be exiled from their land. Nevertheless, the day will come when the nation will voluntarily return to full faith in God.
The description of the process of national repentance differs from that of the repentance of the individual.
At the beginning of his “Laws of Repentance” Maimonides writes: