22. “Therefore, give the people of Israel this message from the Sovereign lord: I am bringing you back, but not because you deserve it. I am doing it to protect my holy name, on which you brought shame while you were scattered among the nations.
23. I will show how holy my great name is—the name on which you brought shame among the nations. And when I reveal my holiness through you before their very eyes, says the Sovereign lord, then the nations will know that I am the lord.
24. For I will gather you up from all the nations and bring you home again to your land.
25. “Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. Your filth will be washed away, and you will no longer worship idols.