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Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

"Son of man, your brothers, your relatives, ^(F1)your fellow exiles, and the entire house of Israel, all of them, are those to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, 'Keep far from the LORD; this land has been given ^(C1)to us as a possession.'

"Therefore say, 'This is what the Lord GOD says: "Though I had removed them far away among the nations, and though I had scattered them among the countries, yet I was a ^(C1)sanctuary for them for a little while in the countries where they had gone."'

"Therefore say, 'This is what the Lord GOD says: "I will ^(C1)gather you from the peoples and assemble you from the countries among which you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel."'

"When they come there, they will ^(C1)remove all its ^(C2)detestable things and all its abominations from it.

"And I will ^(C1)give them one heart, and put a new spirit within ^(F1)them. And I will remove the ^(C2)heart of stone from their flesh and give them a ^(C3)heart of flesh,

so that they may ^(C1)walk in My statutes, and keep My ordinances and do them. Then they will be ^(C2)My people, and I shall be their God.

"^(F1)But as for those whose hearts go after their ^(C1)detestable things and abominations, I will ^(F2)(C2)bring their conduct down on their heads," declares the Lord GOD.