19 I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed through other lands; according to their behavior and their deeds I carried out judgment against them.
20 But when they came to the nations, where they went, they desecrated my holy name, for people said of them: “These are the people of the Lord, yet they had to leave their land.”
21 So I relented because of my holy name which the house of Israel desecrated among the nations to which they came.
22 Therefore say to the house of Israel: Thus says the Lord God: Not for your sake do I act, house of Israel, but for the sake of my holy name, which you desecrated among the nations to which you came.
23 But I will show the holiness of my great name, desecrated among the nations, in whose midst you desecrated it. Then the nations shall know that I am the Lord—oracle of the Lord God—when through you I show my holiness before their very eyes.
24 I will take you away from among the nations, gather you from all the lands, and bring you back to your own soil.
25 I will sprinkle clean water over you to make you clean; from all your impurities and from all your idols I will cleanse you.