16 Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 17 Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, nthey defiled it by otheir own way and by otheir doings: their way was before me pas the uncleanness of a removed woman. 18 Wherefore I poured my fury upon them for qthe blood that they had shed upon the land, and for their idols wherewith they had polluted it: 19 And rI scattered them among the heathen, and rthey were dispersed through the countries: staccording to otheir way and according to otheir doings I judged them. 20 And when they entered unto the heathen, whither they went, uthey profaned my holy name, when they said to them, These are the people of the Lord, and are gone forth out of his land.

21 But I had pity vfor mine holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the heathen, whither they went. 22 Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God; wI do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but vxfor mine holy name’s sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went. 23 And I will sanctify umy great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen ishall know that I am the Lord, saith the Lord God, xxwhen I shall be sanctified in you before ||ytheir eyes. 24 For zI will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and zzwill bring you into your own land.

25 Then will I asprinkle bclean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: cfrom all your filthiness, and ccfrom all your idols, dwill I cleanse you. 26 eA new heart also will I give you, and efa new spirit will I put within you: fand I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, fand I will give you an heart of flesh. 27 And gI will put my spirit within you, and cause you to hiwalk in my statutes, and ye shall ijkeep my judgments, iand do them. 28 And kye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and lye shall be my people, and I will be your God. 29 I will also msave you cfrom all your uncleannesses: and I will call for nthe corn, and will increase it, and olay no famine upon you. 30 And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, pand the increase of the field, that ye shall receive no more reproach of famine among the heathen. 31 Then qrshall ye remember your own evil ways, and your doings that were not good, and rshall lothe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your abominations. 32 sNot for your sakes do I this, saith the Lord God, be it known unto you: be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel. 33 Thus saith the Lord God; In the day that cI shall have cleansed you from all your iniquities I kwill also tcause you to dwell in the cities, tand the wastes shall be builded. 34 And uthe desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it lay desolate in the sight of all that passed by. 35 And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like vthe garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are become fenced, and are inhabited. 36 Then wthe heathen that are left round about you shall know that I the Lord xbuild the ruined places, and xplant that that was desolate: yI the Lord have spoken it, and I will do it. 37 Thus saith the Lord God; zI will yet for this be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them; tI will increase them with men alike a flock. 38 As abthe †holy flock, as the flock of Jerusalem din her solemn feasts; so shall the waste cities be filled with aflocks of men: eand they shall know that I am the Lord.