¹⁷ Therefore say, ‘Thus says the Lord God: ^(A)I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you out of the countries where you have been scattered, ^(B)and I will give you the land of Israel.’ ¹⁸ And when they come there, ^(C)they will remove from it all its ^(D)detestable things and all its abominations. ^19 (E)And I will give them one heart, and ^(F)a new spirit I will put within them. ^(G)I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh ^(H)and give them a heart of flesh, ^20 (I)that they may walk in my statutes and keep my rules and obey them. ^(J)And they shall be my people, and I will be their God.

^24 (A)I will take you ^(B)from the nations and gather you from all the countries and ^(C)bring you into your own land. ^25 (D)I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from ^(E)all your uncleannesses, and ^(F)from all your idols ^(G)I will cleanse you. ²⁶ And I will give you ^(H)a new heart, and ^(I)a new spirit I will put within you. ^(J)And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. ^27 (K)And I will put my Spirit within you, ^(L)and cause you to walk in my statutes and ^(M)be careful to obey my rules.^{[a] 28 (N)}You shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers, and ^(O)you shall be my people, and I will be your God.

¹¹ But ^(A)they refused to pay attention ^(B)and turned a stubborn shoulder and stopped their ears that they might not hear.^{[a] 12 (C)}They made their hearts diamond-hard ^(D)lest they should hear the law and the words that the Lord of hosts had sent ^(E)by his Spirit through ^(F)the former prophets. ^(G)Therefore great anger came from the Lord of hosts. ^13 (H)“As I^[b] called, and they would not hear, ^(I)so they called, and I would not hear,” says the Lord of hosts, ^14 (J)“and I scattered them with a whirlwind among all ^(K)the nations that they had not known. ^(L)Thus the land they left was desolate, ^(M)so that no one went to and fro, ^(N)and the pleasant land was made desolate.”