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So this is what the Lord God says: "I am the one making this promise! I swear that the nations around you will have to suffer for those insults.

This is what the Lord God says: "Land of Israel, people say bad things to you. They say you destroyed your people. They say you took the children away from your people.

But you will not destroy people anymore or take away their children again." This is what the Lord God said.

"I will not let those other nations insult you anymore. You will not be hurt by them anymore. You will not take the children away from your people again." This is what the Lord God said.

So tell the family of Israel that this is what the Lord God says: ‘Family of Israel, you ruined my holy name in the places where you went. I am going to do something to stop this. I will not do it for your sake, Israel. I will do it for my holy name.

I will show the nations how holy my great name really is. You ruined my good name in those nations! But I will show you that I am holy. I will make you respect my name, and then those nations will know that I am the Lord .'" This is what the Lord God said.

Then you will live in the land that I gave to your ancestors. You will be my people, and I will be your God.

The Lord God says, "I want you to remember this: I am not doing these things for your good! I am doing them for my good name. Family of Israel, you should be ashamed and embarrassed about the way you lived!"

This is what the Lord God says: "On the day that I wash away your sins, I will bring people back to your cities. The ruined cities will be rebuilt.

This is what the Lord God says: "I will also let the family of Israel come to me and ask me to do these things for them. I will make them grow and become many people. They will be like flocks of sheep.

Then the Lord said to me, "Son of man, can these bones come to life?" I answered, "Lord God , only you know the answer to that question."

This is what the Lord God says to you: I will cause breath to come into you, and you will come to life!

Then the Lord said to me, "Speak to the wind for me. Son of man, speak to the wind for me. Tell the wind that this is what the Lord God says: ‘Wind, come from every direction and breathe air into these dead bodies! Breathe into them and they will come to life again!'"

So speak to them for me. Tell them this is what the Lord God says: ‘My people, I will open your graves and bring you up out of them! Then I will bring you to the land of Israel.

Tell them that this is what the Lord God says: ‘I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim and his friends, the people of Israel. Then I will put that stick with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick. In my hand, they will become one stick!'

Tell the people that this is what the Lord God says: ‘I will gather the people of Israel from among the nations. I will gather them from all around and bring them back to their own land.

And they will no longer continue to make themselves filthy with their idols and horrible statues or with any of their other crimes. Instead, I will save them from all the places where they have sinned, and I will wash them and make them pure. They will be my people, and I will be their God.

My Holy Tent will be with them. Yes, I will be their God and they will be my people.

Tell him that this is what the Lord God says: ‘Gog, you are the most important leader of the nations of Meshech and Tubal, but I am against you.

This is what the Lord God says: "At that time an idea will come into your mind. You will begin to make an evil plan.