21 and say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will take the Israelites out of the nations where they have gone. I will gather them from all around and bring them back into their own land.v 22 I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel.w There will be one king over all of them and they will never again be two nations or be divided into two kingdoms.x 23 They will no longer defiley themselves with their idols and vile images or with any of their offenses, for I will save them from all their sinful backsliding,b z and I will cleanse them. They will be my people, and I will be their God.a

24 “ ‘My servant Davidb will be kingc over them, and they will all have one shepherd.d They will follow my laws and be careful to keep my decrees.e 25 They will live in the land I gave to my servant Jacob, the land where your ancestors lived.f They and their children and their children’s children will live there forever,g and David my servant will be their prince forever.h 26 I will make a covenant of peacei with them; it will be an everlasting covenant.j I will establish them and increase their numbers,k and I will put my sanctuary among theml forever.m 27 My dwelling placen will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be my people.o 28 Then the nations will know that I the Lord make Israel holy,p when my sanctuary is among them forever.q’ ”