14 Then Yahweh gave me this message: 15 “Your brothers, son of humanity, your brothers and all the Israeli people who were exiled—the ones living in Yerushalem (Jerusalem) say about them all, ‘They’re far away from Yahweh. This land was given to us as ours to own.’

16 So tell them, ‘My master Yahweh says this: ‘Although I’ve removed them far away to other nations, and though I’ve scattered them among those lands, I myself have been a place of security for them for a little while in the lands where they were taken.’

17 So explain to them, ‘My master Yahweh says this: ‘I’ll gather you from the people groups, and assemble you from the lands where you were scattered, and I’ll give you back Yisrael (Israel).’ 18 Then they’ll go there and remove every detestable and disgusting thing from there, 19 and I’ll give them one heart, and I’ll put a new spirit in them. I’ll take the rock-hard heart out of them and give them a tender heart,[ref] 20 so that they’ll follow my instructions and obey my regulations. Then they’ll be my people, and I’ll be their god. 21 But to those who would rather happily choose their detestable and disgusting ways, I’ll make their actions bounce back onto their own heads. That’s the master Yahweh’s declaration.”