Eze 11:16-21 | ESV | STEP | Therefore say , Thus says the Lord God : Though I removed them far off among the nations , and though I scattered them among the countries , yet I have been a sanctuary to them for a while in the countries where they have gone .

Ezekiel 11:16-21

16 Therefore say, ‘Thus says the Lord God: Though I removed them far off among the nations, and though I scattered them among the countries, yet ^aI have been a sanctuary to them for a while ^{▼▼Or in small measure} in the countries where they have gone.’ 17 Therefore say, ‘Thus says the Lord God: ^cI will gather you from the peoples and assemble you out of the countries where you have been scattered, ^dand I will give you the land of Israel.’ 18 And when they come there, ^ethey will remove from it all its ^fdetestable things and all its abominations. 19 ^gAnd I will give them one heart, and ^ha new spirit I will put within them. ⁱI will remove the heart of stone from their flesh ^jand give them a heart of flesh, 20 ^kthat they may walk in my statutes and keep my rules and obey them. ^lAnd they shall be my people, and I will be their God. 21 ^mBut as for those whose heart goes after their detestable things and their abominations, ⁿI will ^{▼▼Hebrew To the heart of their detestable things and their abominations their heart goes; I will} bring their deeds upon their own heads, declares the Lord God.”