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Then the word of the Lord came to me saying,

"Son of man, when the house of Israel was living in their own land, they ^(x)defiled it by their ways and their deeds; their way before Me was like ^(y)the uncleanness of a woman in her impurity.

Therefore I ^(z)poured out My wrath on them for the blood which they had shed on the land, because they had defiled it with their idols.

Also I ^(aa)scattered them among the nations and they were dispersed throughout the lands. ^(ab)According to their ways and their deeds I judged them.

When they came to the nations where they went, they ^(ac)profaned My holy name, because it was said of them, ‘These are the ^(ad)people of the Lord ; yet they have come out of His land.'