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15 “No longer will those heathen nations sneer, for you will no longer be a nation of sinners,” the Lord God says.

16 Then this further word came to me from the Lord:

17 “Son of dust, when the people of Israel were living in their own country, they defiled it by their evil deeds; to me their worship was as foul as filthy rags.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 36:17 as filthy rags, literally, “as a menstruous cloth.”

15 No longer will I make you hear the taunts of the nations, and no longer will you suffer the scorn of the peoples or cause your nation to fall, declares the Sovereign Lord.(A)’”

Israel’s Restoration Assured

16 Again the word of the Lord came to me: 17 “Son of man, when the people of Israel were living in their own land, they defiled it by their conduct and their actions. Their conduct was like a woman’s monthly uncleanness(B) in my sight.(C)

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