Promise of Israel’s Restoration

¹⁴ The word of the Lord came to me again: ¹⁵ “Son of man, your own relatives, those who have the right to redeem you,^[a][b] and the entire house of Israel, all of them, are those that the residents of Jerusalem have said this to, ‘Stay away from the Lord; this land has been given to us as a possession.’

¹⁶ “Therefore say: This is what the Lord God says: Though I sent them far away among the nations and scattered them among the countries, yet for a little while I have been a sanctuary for them^(A) in the countries where they have gone.

¹⁷ “Therefore say: This is what the Lord God says: I will gather you from the peoples^(B) and assemble you from the countries where you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.

¹⁸ “When they arrive there, they will remove all its^(C) detestable things^(D) and practices from it. ¹⁹ And I will give them one heart^(E) and put a new spirit within them; I will remove their heart of stone^(F) from their bodies^[c] and give them a heart of flesh,^{(G) 20} so they may follow My statutes,^(H) keep My ordinances, and practice them. Then they will be My people, and I will be their God.^{(I) 21} But as for those whose hearts pursue their desire for detestable things and practices, I will bring their actions down on their own heads.”^(J) This is the declaration of the Lord God.