Ezekiel 36:17-21
Ezekiel 36:17
“Son of man, when the house of Israel was living on their own land, they defiled it by their ways and their deeds; their way before Me was like the uncleanness of a woman in her impurity.
Ezekiel 36:18
Therefore I poured out My wrath on them for the blood which they had shed on the land, because they had defiled it with their idols.
Ezekiel 36:19
I also scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed throughout the lands. According to their ways and their deeds I judged them.
Ezekiel 36:20
When they came to the nations where they went, they profaned My holy name, because it was said of them, ‘These are the people of the Lord, yet they have left His land.’
Ezekiel 36:21
But I had concern for My holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations where they went. Israel to Be Renewed for His Name’s Sake