^{18 Ref} Therefore I poured out my wrath on them for the blood which they had poured out on the land, and because they had defiled it with their idols;

^{19 Ref} and I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according to their doings I judged them.

^{20 Ref} When they came to the nations, where they went, they profaned my holy name; in that men said of them, These are the people of Yahweh, and are gone forth out of his land.

^{21 Ref} But I had regard for my holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations, where they went.

^{22 Ref} Therefore tell the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: I don't do [this] for your sake, house of Israel, but for my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations, where you went.

^{23 Ref} I will sanctify my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in the midst of them; and the nations shall know that I am Yahweh, says the Lord Yahweh, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.