24 “‘No longer will the people of Israel have malicious neighbors who are painful briers and sharp thorns.(A) Then they will know that I am the Sovereign Lord.

25 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: When I gather(B) the people of Israel from the nations where they have been scattered,(C) I will be proved holy(D) through them in the sight of the nations. Then they will live in their own land, which I gave to my servant Jacob.(E) 26 They will live there in safety(F) and will build houses and plant(G) vineyards; they will live in safety when I inflict punishment(H) on all their neighbors who maligned them. Then they will know that I am the Lord their God.(I)’”

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24 “The house of Israel will no longer be hurt by[a] prickly briers or painful thorns(A) from all their neighbors who treat them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the Lord Yahweh.

25 “This is what the Lord God says: When I gather the house of Israel(B) from the peoples where they are scattered and demonstrate My holiness through them in the sight of the nations, then they will live in their own land, which I gave to My servant Jacob. 26 They will live there securely,(C) build houses, and plant vineyards.(D) They will live securely when I execute judgments(E) against all their neighbors who treat them with contempt. Then they will know that I am Yahweh their God.”

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 28:24 Lit longer have