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estates, and will do better
unto you
than at your beginnings: and ye shall know that I
am
the L
ORD
.
12
Yea, I will cause men to walk upon you,
even
my people Israel; and they shall possess thee, and
thou shalt be their inheritance, and thou shalt no more henceforth bereave them
of men.
13
Thus
saith the Lord GOD; Because they say unto you, Thou
land
devourest up men, and hast bereaved
thy nations;
14
Therefore thou shalt devour men no more, neither bereave thy nations any more,
saith the Lord GOD.
15
Neither will I cause
men
to hear in thee the shame of the heathen any more,
neither shalt thou bear the reproach of the people any more, neither shalt thou cause thy nations to
fall any more, saith the Lord GOD.
16
Moreover the word of the L
ORD
came unto me, saying,
17
Son of man, when the house of
Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their own way and by their doings: their way was
before me as the uncleanness of a removed woman.
18
Wherefore I poured my fury upon them for
the blood that they had shed upon the land, and for their idols
wherewith
they had polluted it:
19
And
I scattered them among the heathen, and they were dispersed through the countries: according to
their way and according to their doings I judged them.
20
And when they entered unto the heathen,
whither they went, they profaned my holy name, when they said to them, These
are
the people of
the L
ORD
, and are gone forth out of his land.
21
But I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the heathen,
whither they went.
22
Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I do not
this
for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name’s sake, which ye have profaned
among the heathen, whither ye went.
23
And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned
among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that
I
am
the L
ORD
, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.
24
For I will
take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your
own land.
25
Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and
from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
26
A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I
put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart
of flesh.
27
And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall
keep my judgments, and do
them.
28
And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and
ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.
29
I will also save you from all your uncleannesses:
and I will call for the corn, and will increase it, and lay no famine upon you.
30
And I will multiply
the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that ye shall receive no more reproach of famine
among the heathen.
31
Then shall ye remember your own evil ways, and your doings that
were
not
good, and shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your abominations.
32
Not for your sakes do I
this,
saith the Lord GOD, be it known unto you: be ashamed and
confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel.
33
Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day that I
shall have cleansed you from all your iniquities I will also cause
you
to dwell in the cities, and the
wastes shall be builded.
34
And the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it lay desolate in the sight
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