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Thus says the Lord God: "Because they say to you, 'You devour men and bereave your nation of children,'
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therefore you shall devour men no more, nor bereave your nation anymore," says the Lord God.
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Nor will I let you hear the taunts of the nations anymore, nor bear the reproach of the peoples anymore, nor shall you cause your nation to stumble anymore," says the Lord God.' "
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Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
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"Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their own ways and deeds; to Me their way was like the uncleanness of a woman in her customary impurity.
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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.