Ezekiel 36:16-21

16Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

17“Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their own ways and deeds; to Me their way was like the uncleanness of a woman in her customary impurity.

18Therefore I poured out My fury on them for the blood they had shed on the land, and for their idols with which they had defiled it.

19So I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed throughout the countries; I judged them according to their ways and their deeds.

20When they came to the nations, wherever they went, they profaned My holy name—when they said of them, ‘These are the people of the Lord, and yet they have gone out of His land.’

21But I had concern for My holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations wherever they went.