21. Then I had concern for My holy name, which the house of Israel profaned among the nations where they went.
22. “Therefore, say to the house of Israel: This is what the Lord God says: It is not for your sake that I will act, house of Israel, but for My holy name, which you profaned among the nations where you went.
23. I will honor the holiness of My great name, which has been profaned among the nations — the name you have profaned among them. The nations will know that I am Yahweh” — the declaration of the Lord God — “when I demonstrate My holiness through you in their sight.
24. “For I will take you from the nations and gather you from all the countries, and will bring you into your own land.
25. I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.
26. I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.
27. I will place My Spirit within you and cause you to follow My statutes and carefully observe My ordinances.
28. Then you will live in the land that I gave your fathers; you will be My people, and I will be your God.