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But you will no longer destroy men and take away your nation's children," says the Lord God.

"I will not let you hear words of shame from the nations any more. You will not be put to shame by the nations any longer. And you will no longer make your nation fall," says the Lord God.'"

"So tell the people of Israel, ‘The Lord God says, "It is not because of you, O people of Israel, that I am about to act. It is because of My holy name, which you have put to shame among the nations where you have gone.

I will show how holy My great name is, which you have put to shame among the nations. Then the nations will know that I am the Lord," says the Lord God, "when I use you to show them that I am holy.

And you will live in the land that I gave to your fathers. You will be My people, and I will be your God.

I want you to know that I am not doing this because of you," says the Lord God. "Be ashamed and troubled because of your ways, O people of Israel!"

‘The Lord God says, "On the day that I make you clean from all your sins, I will fill the cities with people, and the destroyed places will be built again.

‘The Lord God says, "I will also let the people of Israel ask Me to do this for them: I will give them many people, like the sheep of a flock.

He said to me, "Son of man, can these bones live?" I answered, "O Lord God, only You know that."

This is what the Lord God says to these bones: ‘I will make breath come into you, and you will come to life.

Then He said to me, "Speak to the breath in My name, son of man. Tell the breath, ‘The Lord God says, "Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these dead bodies to make them come to life."'"

So speak in My name and tell them, ‘The Lord God says, "I will open your graves, My people, and make you come out of them. And I will bring you into the land of Israel.

tell them, ‘The Lord God says, "I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the people of Israel who are with him. And I will put it with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick. They will be one in My hand."'

and tell them, ‘The Lord God says, "I will take the people of Israel from the nations where they have gone. I will gather them from every side and bring them into their own land.

They will no longer make themselves unclean with their false gods, or with their hated objects of worship, or with any of their sins. I will keep them from turning again to these sins, and will make them clean. They will be My people, and I will be their God.

I will live with them, and will be their God, and they will be My people.

Tell him, ‘The Lord God says, "I am against you, O Gog, leader of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal.

‘The Lord God says, "On that day, thoughts will come into your mind, and you will make a sinful plan.

"So, son of man, speak in My name and tell Gog, ‘The Lord God says, "On that day when My people Israel are living in peace and without fear, will you not know it?

‘The Lord God says, "Are you the one I spoke of in the past, through My servants of Israel who spoke in My name? At that time they said for many years that I would bring you against them.