¹⁷ “Therefore say: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will gather you from the nations and bring you back from the countries where you have been scattered, and I will give you back the land of Israel again.’^(A)

¹⁸ “They will return to it and remove all its vile images^(B) and detestable idols.^{(C) 19} I will give them an undivided heart^(D) and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone^(E) and give them a heart of flesh.^{(F) 20} Then they will follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.^(G) They will be my people,^(H) and I will be their God.^(I)