Ezekiel 36:18-23
36:18 So I poured my anger on them
because of the blood they shed on the land and because of the idols with which they defiled it.
36:19 I scattered them among the nations; they were dispersed throughout foreign countries. In accordance with their behavior and their deeds I judged them.
36:20 But when they arrived in the nations where they went, they profaned my holy name. It was said of them, ‘These are the people of the
Lord, yet they have departed from his land.’
36:21 I was concerned for my holy reputation
which the house of Israel profaned among the nations where they went.
36:22 “Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: It is not for your sake that I am about to act, O house of Israel, but for the sake of my holy reputation which you profaned among the nations where you went.
36:23 I will magnify my great name that has been profaned among the nations, that you have profaned among them. The nations will know that I am the Lord, declares the sovereign Lord, when I magnify myself among you in their sight.
Ezekiel 36:36
36:36 Then the nations which remain around you will know that I, the
Lord, have rebuilt the ruins and replanted what was desolate. I, the
Lord, have spoken – and I will do it!’