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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.'

But I had ^[i]concern for My ^(ae)holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations where they went.

"Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord God , "It is ^(af)not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for My holy name, which you have profaned among the nations where you went.

I will ^(ag)vindicate the holiness of My great name which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in their midst. Then the ^(ah)nations will know that I am the Lord ," declares the Lord God , "when I prove Myself holy among you in their sight.

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