Ezekiel 36:16-23

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 1defiled it by their ways and their deeds; their way before Me was like 2the uncleanness of a woman in her impurity. 18Therefore I 3poured 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 4scattered them among the nations and they were dispersed throughout the lands. 5According to their ways and their deeds I judged them. 20When they came to the nations where they went, they 6profaned My holy name, because it was said of them, ‘These are the 7people of the Lord; yet they have come out of His land.’ 21But I had 8concern for My 9holy 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 10not 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 11vindicate the holiness of My great name which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in their midst. Then the 12nations will know that I am the Lord,” declares the Lord God, “when I prove Myself holy among you in their sight.