Ezekiel 36:19-21

The Voice

¹⁹ I scattered them among the nations and dispersed them through many lands. I judged them based on their lifestyles and actions. ²⁰ Whenever they settled among the nations of their exile, they defiled My sacred name. Everywhere they went people were saying, “These are the Eternal’s people, yet they have been forced out of His land.” ²¹ I became concerned for My sacred name, for everywhere they went the people of Israel were giving Me a bad name.