Ezekiel 36:25-38

New King James Version

^25 (A)Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean; I will cleanse you ^(B)from all your filthiness and from all your idols. ²⁶ I will give you a ^(C)new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. ²⁷ I will put My ^(D)Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them. ^28 (E)Then you shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; ^(F)you shall be My people, and I will be your God. ²⁹ I will ^(G)deliver you from all your uncleannesses. ^(H)I will call for the grain and multiply it, and ^(I)bring no famine upon you. ^30 (J)And I will multiply the fruit of your trees and the increase of your fields, so that you need never again bear the reproach of famine among the nations. ³¹ Then ^(K)you will remember your evil ways and your deeds that were not good; and you ^(L)will ^[a]loathe yourselves in your own sight, for your iniquities and your abominations. ^32 (M)Not for your sake do I do this,” says the Lord God, “let it be known to you. Be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel!”

³³ ‘Thus says the Lord God: “On the day that I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will also enable you to dwell in the cities, ^(N)and the ruins shall be rebuilt. ³⁴ The desolate land shall be tilled instead of lying desolate in the sight of all who pass by. ³⁵ So they will say, ‘This land that was desolate has become like the garden of ^(O)Eden; and the wasted, desolate, and ruined cities are now fortified and inhabited.’ ³⁶ Then the nations which are left all around you shall know that I, the Lord, have rebuilt the ruined places and planted what was desolate. ^(P)I, the Lord, have spoken it, and I will do it.”

³⁷ ‘Thus says the Lord God: ^(Q)“I will also let the house of Israel inquire of Me to do this for them: I will ^(R)increase their men like a flock. ³⁸ Like a ^[b]flock offered as holy sacrifices, like the flock at Jerusalem on its ^[c]feast days, so shall the ruined cities be filled with flocks of men. Then they shall know that I am the Lord.” ’ ”