Ezekiel 11:14-21
Revised Standard Version
God Will Restore Israel
14 And the word of the Lord came to me: 15 “Son of man, your brethren, even your brethren, your fellow exiles,[a] the whole house of Israel, all of them, are those of whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, ‘They have gone far from the Lord; to us this land is given for a possession.’ 16 Therefore say, ‘Thus says the Lord God: Though I removed them far off among the nations, and though I scattered them among the countries, yet I have been a sanctuary to them for a while[b] in the countries where they have gone.’ 17 Therefore say, ‘Thus says the Lord God: I will gather you from the peoples, and assemble you out of the countries where you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.’ 18 And when they come there, they will remove from it all its detestable things and all its abominations. 19 And I will give them one[c] heart, and put a new spirit within them; I will take the stony heart out of their flesh and give them a heart of flesh, 20 that they may walk in my statutes and keep my ordinances and obey them; and they shall be my people, and I will be their God. 21 But as for those[d] whose heart goes after their detestable things and their abominations, I will requite their deeds upon their own heads, says the Lord God.”
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- Ezekiel 11:15 Gk Syr: Heb men of your kindred
- Ezekiel 11:16 Or in small measure
- Ezekiel 11:19 Another reading is a new
- Ezekiel 11:21 Cn: Heb To the heart of their detestable things and their abominations their heart goes
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