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I am on your side, and I will make sure that your land is plowed again and crops are planted on it.

I will make people and cattle increase in number. There will be more of you than ever before, and you will have many children. I will let you live there as you used to live, and I will make you more prosperous than ever. Then you will know that I am the Lord .

"Now then, give the Israelites the message that I, the Sovereign Lord , have for them: What I am going to do is not for the sake of you Israelites, but for the sake of my holy name, which you have disgraced in every country where you have gone.

When I demonstrate to the nations the holiness of my great name—the name you disgraced among them—then they will know that I am the Lord . I, the Sovereign Lord , have spoken. I will use you to show the nations that I am holy.

Israel, I want you to know that I am not doing all this for your sake. I want you to feel the shame and disgrace of what you are doing. I, the Sovereign Lord , have spoken."

The cities that are now in ruins will then be as full of people as Jerusalem was once full of the sheep which were offered as sacrifices at a festival. Then they will know that I am the Lord ."

Tell them that I, the Sovereign Lord , am saying to them: I am going to put breath into you and bring you back to life.

I will give you sinews and muscles, and cover you with skin. I will put breath into you and bring you back to life. Then you will know that I am the Lord ."

So prophesy to my people Israel and tell them that I, the Sovereign Lord , am going to open their graves. I am going to take them out and bring them back to the land of Israel.

When I open the graves where my people are buried and bring them out, they will know that I am the Lord .

I will put my breath in them, bring them back to life, and let them live in their own land. Then they will know that I am the Lord . I have promised that I would do this—and I will. I, the Lord , have spoken."

tell them that I, the Sovereign Lord , am going to take the stick representing Israel and put it with the one that represents Judah. Out of the two I will make one stick and hold it in my hand.

Then tell them that I, the Sovereign Lord , am going to take all my people out of the nations where they have gone, gather them together, and bring them back to their own land.

and tell him that I, the Sovereign Lord , am his enemy.

You will attack my people Israel like a storm moving across the land. When the time comes, I will send you to invade my land in order to show the nations who I am, to show my holiness by what I do through you.

In this way I will show all the nations that I am great and that I am holy. They will know then that I am the Lord ."

The Sovereign Lord said, "Mortal man, denounce Gog, the chief ruler of the nations of Meshech and Tubal, and tell him that I am his enemy.

I will start a fire in the land of Magog and along all the seacoasts where people live undisturbed, and everyone will know that I am the Lord .

I will make sure that my people Israel know my holy name, and I will not let my name be disgraced any more. Then the nations will know that I, the Lord , am the holy God of Israel."

The Sovereign Lord said to me, "Mortal man, call all the birds and animals to come from all around to eat the sacrifice I am preparing for them. It will be a huge feast on the mountains of Israel, where they can eat meat and drink blood.