A sanctuary among the scattered

14And the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

15Son of man, your brothers, your brothers, the men of your redemption, and all the house of Israel, all of it—these are the ones to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, ‘Go far away from Yahweh; this land has been given to us as a possession.’

16Therefore say, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: Though I removed them far off among the nations, and though I scattered them among the lands, yet I became for them a little sanctuary in the lands where they had gone.’

17Therefore say, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you from the lands where you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.’

18They will come there and remove from it all its detestable things and all its abominations.

19And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within them. I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh.

20so that they may walk in my statutes and keep my judgments and do them, and they will be my people, and I will be their God.

21But as for those whose heart goes after their detestable things and their abominations, I have brought their way upon their own heads, declares the Lord GOD.