^{16 Ref} For this reason say, This is what the Lord has said: Though I have had them moved far off among the nations, and though I have sent them wandering among the countries, still I have been a safe place for them for a little time in the countries where they have come.

^{17 Ref} Then say, This is what the Lord has said: I will get you together from the peoples, and make you come out of the countries where you have been sent in flight, and I will give you the land of Israel.

^{18 Ref} And they will come there, and take away all the hated and disgusting things from it.

^{19 Ref} And I will give them a new heart, and I will put a new spirit in them; and I will take the heart of stone out of their flesh and give them a heart of flesh:

^{20 Ref} So that they may be guided by my rules and keep my orders and do them: and they will be to me a people, and I will be to them a God.