Ezekiel 11:16-21

New American Standard Bible

¹⁶ Therefore say, ‘This is what the Lord God says: “Though I had removed them far away among the nations, and though I had scattered them among the countries, yet I was a ^(A)sanctuary for them for a little while in the countries where they had gone.”’ ¹⁷ Therefore say, ‘This is what the Lord God says: “I will ^(B)gather you from the peoples and assemble you from the countries among which you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.”’ ¹⁸ When they come there, they will ^(C)remove all its ^(D)detestable things and all its abominations from it. ¹⁹ And I will ^(E)give them one heart, and put a new spirit within ^[a]them. And I will remove the ^(F)heart of stone from their flesh and give them a ^(G)heart of flesh, ²⁰ so that they may ^(H)walk in My statutes, and keep My ordinances and do them. Then they will be ^(I)My people, and I shall be their God. ^21 [b]But as for those whose hearts go after their ^(J)detestable things and abominations, I will ^[c](K)bring their conduct down on their heads,” declares the Lord God.