²²“Therefore, say to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the Lord God says: It is not for your sake that I will act,ⁿ house of Israel, but for my holy name,^o which you profaned among the nations where you went. ²³I will honor the holiness of my great name, which has been profaned among the nations—the name you have profaned among them. The nations will know that I am the Lord—this is the declaration of the Lord God—when I demonstrate my holiness through you in their sight.^p

²⁴“ ‘For I will take you from the nations and gather you from all the countries, and will bring you into your own land.^q ²⁵I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean.^r I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.^s ²⁶I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you;^t I will remove your heart of stone^C and give you a heart of flesh.^u ²⁷I will place my Spirit within you^v and cause you to follow my statutes and carefully observe my ordinances.^w ²⁸You will live in the land that I gave your ancestors;^x you will be my people, and I will be your God.^y

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Ezekiel 36:23: …And the nations will know that I am the Lord, declares the Lord God, when through you I vindicate my holiness before their eyes.

Footnotes

C stone from your flesh

Cross references

n Dt 9:5
o Ps 115:1; Is 43:25; 48:11; Ezk 20:9; Dn 9:18–19
p Ezk 20:41; 38:23; 39:7,25
q Ezk 34:13; 37:21
r Ps 51:7; Heb 9:13,19; 10:22
s Jr 33:8
t Ezk 18:31; Jl 2:28
u Dt 30:6; Ezk 11:19; 2Co 3:3
v Ezk 37:14
w Jr 24:7; 31:33; 32:40
x Ezk 37:23–25
y Ezk 34:30