¹⁶ And the word of Yahweh came^[a] to me, saying,^{[b] 17} “Son of man,^[c] the house of Israel, they were dwelling on their soil, and they defiled it with their way and with their deeds; like the uncleanness of menstruation was their way before me.^{[d] 18} And I poured out my rage on them for the blood that they poured on the land and for their idols with which they defiled it. ¹⁹ And I scattered them among the nations, and I dispersed them in the countries according to their way, and according to their deeds I judged them. ²⁰ And they came^[e] into the nations to which they went,^[f] and they profaned my holy name^[g] when they said to them, ‘These are the people of Yahweh, and from his land they went out.’ ²¹ And I was concerned for my holy name,^[h] which, the house of Israel defiled among the nations to which they went.^[i]