41 When I bring you home from the places where you are now scattered, I will be pleased with you, just as I am pleased with the smell of the smoke from your sacrifices. Every nation on earth will see that I am holy,
42 and you will know that I, the Lord, am the one who brought you back to Israel, the land I promised your ancestors.
43 Then you will remember your wicked sins, and you will hate yourselves for doing such horrible things. They have made you unacceptable to me,
44 so you deserve to be punished. But I will treat you in a way that will bring honour to my name, and you will know that I am the Lord God.
45 The Lord said,
46 “Ezekiel, son of man, turn towards the south and warn the forests
47 that I, the Lord God, will start a fire that will burn up every tree, whether green or dry. Nothing will be able to put out the blaze of that fire as it spreads to the north and burns everything in its path.