Ezekiel 37:23
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23 They shall never again defile themselves with their idols and their detestable things or with any of their transgressions. I will save them from all the apostasies into which they have fallen[a] and will cleanse them. Then they shall be my people, and I will be their God.(A)
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- 37.23 Cn: MT from all the settlements in which they have sinned
Ezekiel 36:28-29
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28 Then you shall live in the land that I gave to your ancestors, and you shall be my people, and I will be your God.(A) 29 I will save you from all your uncleannesses, and I will summon the grain and make it abundant and lay no famine upon you.(B)
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Revelation 21:7
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7 Those who conquer will inherit these things, and I will be their God, and they will be my children.
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Revelation 21:3-4
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3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying,
“See, the home[a] of God is among mortals.
He will dwell[b] with them;
they will be his peoples,[c]
and God himself will be with them and be their God;[d](A)
4 he will wipe every tear from their eyes.
Death will be no more;
mourning and crying and pain will be no more,
for[e] the first things have passed away.”(B)
1 John 1:9
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9 If we confess our sins, he who is faithful and just will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.(A)
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1 John 1:7
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7 but if we walk in the light as he himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.(A)
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Ephesians 5:26-27
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26 in order to make her holy by cleansing her with the washing of water by the word, 27 so as to present the church to himself in splendor, without a spot or wrinkle or anything of the kind, so that she may be holy and without blemish.(A)
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Zechariah 13:1-2
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13 On that day a fountain shall be opened for the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity.(A)
Idolatry Cut Off
2 On that day, says the Lord of hosts, I will cut off the names of the idols from the land, so that they shall be remembered no more, and also I will remove from the land the prophets and the unclean spirit.(B)
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Hosea 14:8
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8 O Ephraim, what have I[a] to do with idols?
It is I who answer and look after you.[b]
I am like an evergreen cypress;
your fruit comes from me.(A)
Hebrews 9:13-14
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13 For if the blood of goats and bulls and the sprinkling of the ashes of a heifer sanctifies those who have been defiled so that their flesh is purified,(A) 14 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit[a] offered himself without blemish to God, purify our[b] conscience from dead works to worship the living God!(B)
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Zechariah 14:21
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21 and every cooking pot in Jerusalem and Judah shall be holy to the Lord of hosts, so that all who sacrifice may come and use them to boil the flesh of the sacrifice. And there shall no longer be traders[a] in the house of the Lord of hosts on that day.(A)
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- 14.21 Or Canaanites
Micah 7:14
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14 Shepherd your people with your staff,
the flock that belongs to you,
which lives alone in a forest
in the midst of a garden land;
let them feed in Bashan and Gilead
as in the days of old.
Hosea 1:10
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The Restoration of Israel
10 [a]Yet the number of the people of Israel shall be like the sand of the sea, which can be neither measured nor numbered, and in the place where it was said to them, “You are not my people,” it shall be said to them, “Children of the living God.”(A)
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- 1.10 2.1 in Heb
Ezekiel 43:7-8
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7 He said to me: “Mortal, this is the place of my throne and the place for the soles of my feet, where I will reside among the people of Israel forever. The house of Israel shall no more defile my holy name, neither they nor their kings, by their prostitution and by sacrificing to their kings[a] at their death.[b](A) 8 When they placed their threshold by my threshold and their doorposts beside my doorposts, with only a wall between me and them, they were defiling my holy name by their abominations that they committed; therefore I have consumed them in my anger.(B)
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Ezekiel 39:22
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22 The house of Israel shall know that I am the Lord their God from that day forward.
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Ezekiel 37:27
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27 My dwelling place shall be over them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.(A)
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Ezekiel 36:31
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31 Then you shall remember your evil ways and your dealings that were not good, and you shall loathe yourselves for your iniquities and your abominable deeds.(A)
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Ezekiel 36:24-25
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24 I will take you from the nations and gather you from all the countries and bring you into your own land.(A) 25 I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you.(B)
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Ezekiel 20:43
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43 There you shall remember your ways and all the deeds by which you have polluted yourselves, and you shall loathe yourselves for all the evils that you have committed.(A)
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Jeremiah 32:38-39
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38 They shall be my people, and I will be their God. 39 I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me for all time, for their own good and the good of their children after them.(A)
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Jeremiah 31:33
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33 But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.(A)
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Jeremiah 31:1
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The Joyful Return of the Exiles
31 At that time, says the Lord, I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.(A)
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Isaiah 2:18
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18 The idols shall utterly pass away.(A)
Psalm 68:35
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35 Awesome is God in his[a] sanctuary,
the God of Israel;
he gives power and strength to his people.
Blessed be God!(A)
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- 68.35 Gk: Heb from your
Psalm 68:20
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20 Our God is a God of salvation,
and to God, the Lord, belongs escape from death.(A)
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