[36:22] “Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for the sake of my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations to which you came.
[36:23] And I will vindicate the holiness of my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, and which you have profaned among them. And the nations will know that I am the Lord, declares the Lord God, when through you I vindicate my holiness before their eyes.
[36:24] I will take you from the nations and gather you from all the countries and bring you into your own land.
[36:25] I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you.
[36:26] And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.
[36:27] And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules.
[36:28] You shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers, and you shall be my people, and I will be your God.
[36:29] And I will deliver you from all your uncleannesses. And I will summon the grain and make it abundant and lay no famine upon you.
[36:30] I will make the fruit of the tree and the increase of the field abundant, that you may never again suffer the disgrace of famine among the nations.
[36:31] Then you will remember your evil ways, and your deeds that were not good, and you will loathe yourselves for your iniquities and your abominations.
[36:32] It is not for your sake that I will act, declares the Lord God; let that be known to you. Be ashamed and confounded for your ways, O house of Israel.
[36:33] “Thus says the Lord God: On the day that I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will cause the cities to be inhabited, and the waste places shall be rebuilt.
[36:34] And the land that was desolate shall be tilled, instead of being the desolation that it was in the sight of all who passed by.
[36:35] And they will say, ‘This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden, and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are now fortified and inhabited.’
[36:36] Then the nations that are left all around you shall know that I am the Lord; I have rebuilt the ruined places and replanted that which was desolate. I am the Lord; I have spoken, and I will do it.
[36:37] “Thus says the Lord God: This also I will let the house of Israel ask me to do for them: to increase their people like a flock.
[36:38] Like the flock for sacrifices, like the flock at Jerusalem during her appointed feasts, so shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of people. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”