Rambam explains the 3 oaths as warnings of the gravest danger that the Jewish people face if they attempt to retake Eretz Yisrael and don't succeed.

This is explicit in the Letter to Yemen, can be inferred from the Mishneh Torah, and also explains the text of the Gemara perfectly.

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