14. therefore you will no longer devour people and no longer bereave your nation of children, declares the sovereign Lord.
15. I will no longer subject you to the nations’ insults; no longer will you bear the shame of the peoples, and no longer will you bereave your nation, declares the sovereign Lord.’”
16. The word of the Lord came to me:
17. “Son of man, when the house of Israel was living on their own land, they defiled it by their behavior and their deeds. In my sight their behavior was like the uncleanness of a woman having her monthly period.
18. So I poured my anger on them because of the blood they shed on the land and because of the idols with which they defiled it.
19. I scattered them among the nations; they were dispersed throughout foreign countries. In accordance with their behavior and their deeds I judged them.
20. But when they arrived in the nations where they went, they profaned my holy name. It was said of them, ‘These are the people of the Lord, yet they have departed from his land.’
21. I was concerned for my holy reputation which the house of Israel profaned among the nations where they went.
22. “Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: It is not for your sake that I am about to act, O house of Israel, but for the sake of my holy reputation which you profaned among the nations where you went.
23. I will magnify my great name that has been profaned among the nations, that you have profaned among them. The nations will know that I am the Lord, declares the sovereign Lord, when I magnify myself among you in their sight.
24. “‘I will take you from the nations and gather you from all the countries; then I will bring you to your land.
25. I will sprinkle you with pure water and you will be clean from all your impurities. I will purify you from all your idols.
26. I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you. I will remove the heart of stone from your body and give you a heart of flesh.
27. I will put my Spirit within you; I will take the initiative and you will obey my statutes and carefully observe my regulations.