16. Then the word of the Lord came to me. He said,
17. “Son of man, the family of Israel lived in their own country, but they made that land filthy by the bad things they did. To me, they were like a woman who becomes unclean because of her monthly time of bleeding.
18. They spilled blood on the ground when they murdered people in the land. They made the land filthy with their idols, so I showed them how angry I was.
19. I scattered them among the nations and spread them through all the lands. I gave them the punishment they deserved for the bad things they did.
20. But even in those other nations, they ruined my good name. How? Those nations said, ‘These are the Lord’S people, but they left his land.’
21. “The people of Israel ruined my holy name wherever they went, and I felt sorry for my name.