Ezekiel 36:16-30

Christian Standard Bible

Restoration of Israel’s People

¹⁶ The word of the Lord came to me: ¹⁷ “Son of man, while the house of Israel lived in their land, they defiled it with their conduct and actions.^(A) Their behavior before me was like menstrual impurity.^{(B) 18} So I poured out my wrath^(C) on them because of the blood they had shed on the land, and because they had defiled it with their idols. ¹⁹ I dispersed them among the nations, and they were scattered among the countries.^(D) I judged them according to their conduct and actions.^{(E) 20} When they came to the nations where they went, they profaned my holy name,^(F) because it was said about them, ‘These are the people of the Lord, yet they had to leave his land in exile.’ ²¹ Then I had concern for my holy name,^(G) which the house of Israel profaned among the nations where they went.

²² “Therefore, say to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the Lord God says: It is not for your sake that I will act,^(H) house of Israel, but for my holy name,^(I) which you profaned among the nations where you went. ²³ I will honor the holiness of my great name, which has been profaned among the nations—the name you have profaned among them. The nations will know that I am the Lord—this is the declaration of the Lord God—when I demonstrate my holiness through you in their sight.^(J)

²⁴ “‘For I will take you from the nations and gather you from all the countries, and will bring you into your own land.^{(K) 25} I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean.^(L) I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.^{(M) 26} I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you;^(N) I will remove your heart of stone^[a] and give you a heart of flesh.^{(O) 27} I will place my Spirit within you^(P) and cause you to follow my statutes and carefully observe my ordinances.^{(Q) 28} You will live in the land that I gave your ancestors;^(R) you will be my people, and I will be your God.^{(S) 29} I will save you from all your uncleanness. I will summon the grain and make it plentiful, and I will not bring famine on you.^{(T) 30} I will also make the fruit of the trees and the produce of the field plentiful, so that you will no longer experience reproach among the nations on account of famine.