⁹ When the Canaanites and all who live in the land hear about this, they will surround us and wipe out our name from the earth.^(A) Then what will you do about your great name?” ^(B)

²² “Therefore, say to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the Lord God says: It is not for your sake that I will act,^(A) house of Israel, but for my holy name,^(B) which you profaned among the nations where you went. ²³ I will honor the holiness of my great name, which has been profaned among the nations—the name you have profaned among them. The nations will know that I am the Lord—this is the declaration of the Lord God—when I demonstrate my holiness through you in their sight.^(C)

²⁴ “‘For I will take you from the nations and gather you from all the countries, and will bring you into your own land.^{(D) 25} I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean.^(E) I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.^{(F) 26} I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you;^(G) I will remove your heart of stone^[a] and give you a heart of flesh.^{(H) 27} I will place my Spirit within you^(I) and cause you to follow my statutes and carefully observe my ordinances.^{(J) 28} You will live in the land that I gave your ancestors;^(K) you will be my people, and I will be your God.^(L)