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But not for your sake am I acting," declares the Lord Yahweh. "Let it be known to you, be ashamed, and be put to shame because of your ways, house of Israel.

Like the flock of the sanctuary, like the flock of Jerusalem at its festival, so the desolate cities will be filled with flocks of people; and they will know that I am Yahweh.'"

Thus says the Lord Yahweh to these bones: "Look! I am bringing into you breath, and you will live!

And I will lay on you sinews, and I will let flesh come upon you, and I will cover you over with skin, and I will put breath into you, and you will live, and you will know that I am Yahweh."'"

Therefore prophesy, and you must say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Look! I am opening your graves, and I will bring you up from your graves, my people, and I will bring you to the land of Israel!

And you will know that I am Yahweh when I open your graves when I bring you up from your graves, my people!

Then speak to them, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Look! I am taking the piece of wood for Joseph that is in the hand of Ephraim and the tribes of Israel its associates, and I will put them on it, the piece of wood of Judah, and I will make them into one piece of wood, so that they be one in my hand.'"

And speak to them, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Look! I am taking the Israelites from among the nations to which they went, and I will gather them from everywhere, and I will bring them to their own soil.

And the nations will know that I, Yahweh, am consecrating Israel when my sanctuary is in the midst of them forever."'"

And you must say, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Look! I am against you, Gog, the head leader of Meshach and Tubal,

And so I will exalt myself, and I will show myself holy, and I will make myself known before the eyes of many nations, and they will know that I am Yahweh.'"

"And you, son of man, prophesy against Gog, and you must say, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Look! I am against you Gog, the head leader of Meshech and Tubal,

"And I will send fire against Magog and among the people inhabiting the coastlands in safety, and they will know that I am Yahweh.

And my holy name I will make known in the midst of my people Israel, and I will not let the name of my holiness be profaned anymore, and the nations will know that I am Yahweh, the holy one in Israel.

"And you, son of man, thus says the Lord Yahweh: ‘Say to all kinds of birds and animals of the field, "Be gathered, come be gathered from everywhere to my sacrifice that I am sacrificing for you, a great sacrifice on the mountains of Israel, and you will eat flesh, and you will drink blood.

"And the house of Israel will know that I am Yahweh their God from that day and beyond,

And they will know that I am Yahweh their God, because of when I deported them into the nations, and I reassembled them to their soil, and I will not let any of them remain there any longer.

And the man spoke to me, "Son of man, look with your eyes and listen with your ears and apply your heart to all that I am showing you, for you were brought here in order to show you this; tell all that you are seeing to the house of Israel."

And Yahweh said, "Son of man, set your heart and look with your eyes and with your ears hear everything I am saying to you concerning all the statutes of the temple of Yahweh and concerning all its laws, and you must listen with your heart concerning the entrance of the temple with all of the exits of the sanctuary.

And thus it will be to them as regards inheritance, that I am their inheritance, and so you shall not give to them property in Israel; I am their property.