Ezekiel 36:15-23

15I will not let you hear 1insults from the nations anymore, nor will you bear 2disgrace from the peoples any longer, nor will you cause your nation to 3stumble any longer,” declares the Lord God.’”

16Then the word of the Lord came to me saying, 17“Son of man, when the house of Israel was living in their own land, they 4defiled it by their ways and their deeds; their way before Me was like 5the uncleanness of a woman in her impurity. 18Therefore I 6poured out My wrath on them for the blood which they had shed on the land, because they had defiled it with their idols. 19Also I 7scattered them among the nations and they were dispersed throughout the lands. 8According to their ways and their deeds I judged them. 20When they came to the nations where they went, they 9profaned My holy name, because it was said of them, ‘These are the 10people of the Lord; yet they have come out of His land.’ 21But I had 11concern for My 12holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations where they went.

22“Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “It is 13not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for My holy name, which you have profaned among the nations where you went. 23I will 14vindicate the holiness of My great name which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in their midst. Then the 15nations will know that I am the Lord,” declares the Lord God, “when I prove Myself holy among you in their sight.