[:en]Israel had been plundered and ridiculed and suffered the scorn of the nations. Sp the Lord swore to uplift the nation. He will re-inhabit the land, rebuild the temple and restore the kingdom so that all the people may know that He is the Lord.
“For 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)[:]