Ezekiel 36:20–38

²⁰When they came to the nations, wherever they went, they ^aprofaned My holy name—when they said of them, ‘These are the people of the Lord, and yet they have gone out of His land.’ ²¹But I had concern ^bfor My holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations wherever they went.

²²“Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “I do not do this for your sake, O house of Israel, ^cbut for My holy name’s sake, which you have profaned among the nations wherever you went. ²³And I will sanctify My great name, which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in their midst; and the nations shall know that I am the Lord,” says the Lord God, “when I am ^dhallowed in you before their eyes. ²⁴For ^eI will take you from among the nations, gather you out of all countries, and bring you into your own land. ^25fThen I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean; I will cleanse you ^gfrom all your filthiness and from all your idols. ²⁶I will give you a ^hnew heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. ²⁷I will put My ⁱSpirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them. ^28jThen you shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; ^kyou shall be My people, and I will be your God. ²⁹I will ^ldeliver you from all your uncleannesses. ^mI will call for the grain and multiply it, and ⁿbring no famine upon you. ^30oAnd I will multiply the fruit of your trees and the increase of your fields, so that you need never again bear the reproach of famine among the nations. ³¹Then ^pyou will remember your evil ways and your deeds that were not good; and you ^qwill ⁵loathe yourselves in your own sight, for your iniquities and your abominations. ^32rNot for your sake do I do this,” says the Lord God, “let it be known to you. Be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel!”

³³‘Thus says the Lord God: “On the day that I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will also enable you to dwell in the cities, ^sand the ruins shall be rebuilt. ³⁴The desolate land shall be tilled instead of lying desolate in the sight of all who pass by. ³⁵So they will say, ‘This land that was desolate has become like the garden of ^tEden; and the wasted, desolate, and ruined cities are now fortified and inhabited.’ ³⁶Then the nations which are left all around you shall know that I, the Lord, have rebuilt the ruined places and planted what was desolate. ^uI, the Lord, have spoken it, and I will do it.”

³⁷‘Thus says the Lord God: ^v“I will also let the house of Israel inquire of Me to do this for them: I will ^wincrease their men like a flock. ³⁸Like a ⁶flock offered as holy sacrifices, like the flock at Jerusalem on its ⁷feast days, so shall the ruined cities be filled with flocks of men. Then they shall know that I am the Lord.” ’ ”