Ezekiel 11:14-21

New Century Version

Promise to Those Remaining

¹⁴ The Lord spoke his word to me, saying, ¹⁵ “Human, the people still in Jerusalem have spoken about your own relatives and all the people of Israel who are captives with you, saying, ‘They are far from the Lord. This land has been given to us as our property.’

¹⁶ “So say, ‘This is what the Lord God says: I sent the people far away among the nations and scattered them among the countries. But for a little while I have become a Temple to them in the countries where they have gone.’

¹⁷ “So say: ‘This is what the Lord God says: I will gather you from the nations and bring you together from the countries where you have been scattered. Then I will give you back the land of Israel.’

¹⁸ “When they come to this land, they will remove all the evil idols and all the hateful images. ¹⁹ I will give them a desire to respect me completely, and I will put inside them a new way of thinking. I will take out the stubborn heart of stone from their bodies, and I will give them an obedient heart of flesh. ²⁰ Then they will live by my rules and obey my laws and keep them. They will be my people, and I will be their God. ²¹ But those who want to serve their evil statues and hateful idols, I will pay back for their evil ways, says the Lord God.”