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Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

"Son of man, when the house of Israel was living on their own land, they ^(C1)defiled it by their ways and their deeds; their way before Me was like ^(C2)the uncleanness of a woman in her impurity.

"Therefore I ^(C1)poured out My wrath on them for the blood which they had shed on the land, because they had defiled it with their idols.

"I also ^(C1)scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed throughout the lands. ^(C2)According to their ways and their deeds I judged them.

"When they came to the nations where they went, they ^(C1)profaned My holy name, because it was said of them, 'These are the ^(C2)people of the LORD, yet they have left His land.'

"But I had ^(F1)concern for My ^(C1)holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations where they went.

"Therefore say to the house of Israel, 'This is what the Lord GOD says: "It is ^(C1)not for your sake, house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for My holy name, which you have profaned among the nations where you went.

"And I will ^(C1)vindicate the holiness of My great name which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned among them. Then the ^(C2)nations will know that I am the LORD," declares the Lord GOD, "when I show Myself holy among you in their sight.

"For I will ^(C1)take you from the nations, and gather you from all the lands; and I will bring you into your own land.