16. And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
17. Son of man, the house of Israel which dwells in their land has defiled it with their own ways and with their works; their way was before me as the uncleanness of a menstruous woman.
18. And I poured my fury upon them for the blood that they had shed upon the land, and for their idols with which they had polluted it:
19. And I scattered them among the Gentiles, and they were dispersed through the countries; according to their ways and according to their doings I judged them.
20. And when they entered unto the Gentiles, where they went, they 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. And it has pained me to see my holy name profaned by the house of Israel among the Gentiles where they went.
22. Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus hath the Lord GOD said: I do not do this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for my holy name’s sake, which ye have profaned among the Gentiles, where ye went.
23. And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the Gentiles, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the Gentiles shall know that I am the Lord, said the Lord GOD when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.
24. And I will take you from among the Gentiles and gather you out of all countries and will bring you into your own land.
25. And I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be cleansed from all your filthiness, and from all your idols I will cleanse you.
26. And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit will I put within you; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.
27. And I will put my Spirit within you and cause you to walk in my commandments, and ye shall keep my rights, and do them.
28. And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.
29. I will also keep you from all your uncleanness: and I will call to the wheat and will multiply it and lay no famine upon you.
30. I will multiply likewise the fruit of the trees, and the fruit of the fields, that ye shall receive no more reproach of famine among the Gentiles.
31. Then ye shall remember your own evil ways and your doings that were not good and shall loathe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your abominations.
32. Not for your sakes do I do this, said the Lord GOD, be it known unto you; be ashamed and confounded for your ways, O house of Israel.
33. Thus said the Lord GOD; In the day that I shall have cleansed you from all your iniquities. I will also cause you to dwell in the cities, and the wastes shall be built.
34. And the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it lay desolate in the sight of all that passed by;