[:en]Israel had been plundered and ridiculed and suffered the scorn of the nations. So the Lord swore to uplift the nation. He will reinstate the land, rebuild the temple and restore the kingdom so that all the people may know that He is the Lord.
“I will take you out of the nations; I will gather you from all the countries and bring you back into your own land. I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your idols. I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. You will live in the land I gave your forefathers; you will be my people, and I will be your God” (vs. 24-28)[:]