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 on 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. 19I also 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 left 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, ‘This is what the Lord God says: “It is 10not for your sake, house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for My holy name, which you have profaned among the nations where you went. 23And I will 11vindicate the holiness of My great name which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned among them. Then the 12nations will know that I am the Lord,” declares the Lord God, “when I show Myself holy among you in their sight.