40 On my holy mountain, the high mountain of Israel, all Israel will serve me in the land, says the Lord God. There I will accept you. There I will expect your offerings, the first harvest of your offerings, and all your holy gifts.
41 I will accept you like the pleasing smell of sacrifices when I bring you out from the foreign nations and gather you from the lands where you are scattered. Then through you I will show how holy I am so the nations will see.
42 When I bring you into the land of Israel, the land I promised your ancestors, you will know that I am the Lord.
43 There you will remember everything you did that made you unclean, and then you will hate yourselves for all the evil things you have done.
44 I will deal with you for the sake of my name, not because of your evil ways or unclean actions. Then you will know I am the Lord, people of Israel, says the Lord God.’ ”
45 Now the Lord spoke his word to me, saying:
46 “Human, look toward the south. Prophesy against the south and against the forest of the southern area.