20. You will have plenty of meat to eat at my table. There will be horses and chariot drivers, powerful soldiers, and all the other fighting men.’” This is what the Lord GOD said.
21. “I will let the other nations see what I have done, and they will begin to respect me! They will see my power that I used against the enemy.
22. Then from that day on, the family of Israel will know that I am the Lord their God.
23. And the nations will know why the family of Israel was carried away as prisoners to other countries. They will learn that my people turned against me, so I turned away from them. I let their enemies defeat them, so my people were killed in battle.
24. They sinned and made themselves filthy, so I punished them for the things they did. I turned away from them and refused to help them.”
25. So this is what the Lord GOD says: “Now I will bring the family of Jacob back from captivity. I will have mercy on the whole family of Israel. I will show my strong feelings for my holy name.
26. The people will forget their shame and all the times they turned against me. They will live in safety on their own land. No one will make them afraid.