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Therefore I poured out My fury on them for the blood they had shed on the land, and for their idols with which they had defiled it.
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So I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed throughout the countries; I judged them according to their ways and their deeds.
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When they came to the nations, wherever they went, they profaned My holy name--when they said of them, 'These are the people of the Lord, and yet they have gone out of His land.'
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But I had concern for My holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations wherever they went.
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"Therefore say to the house of Israel, 'Thus says the Lord God: "I do not do this for your sake, O house of Israel, but for My holy name's sake, which you have profaned among the nations wherever you went.
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And I will sanctify My great name, which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in their midst; and the nations shall know that I am the Lord," says the Lord God, "when I am hallowed in you before their eyes.
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For I will take you from among the nations, gather you out of all countries, and bring you into your own land.
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Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols.
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I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.
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I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them.
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Then you shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; you shall be My people, and I will be your God.