23 The nations will know that the house of Israel went into exile because of their guilt. Because they rebelled against me, I hid my face from them. When I handed them over to their enemies, all of them fell by the sword.
24 I dealt with them according to their uncleanness and their transgressions and hid my face from them.
25 So the Lord God proclaims: Now I will bring back the captives of Jacob. I will have compassion on the whole house of Israel and defend my holy name.
26 They will forget their humiliation and all their rebellions against me when they live securely on their fertile land with no one to frighten them.
27 When I bring them back from the peoples and gather them from the lands of their enemies, I will be made holy through them in the sight of the many nations.
28 They will know that I am the Lord their God when, after I made them go into exile among the nations, I gathered them to their land. I won’t leave any of them behind.
29 When I pour my Spirit upon the house of Israel, I won’t hide my face from them again. This is what the Lord God says.