21. “I will show my greatness among the nations. All the nations will see how I will turn my power against them to punish them.
22. From that day on, the people of Israel will know that I am the Lord their God.
23. Then the nations will know that the people of Israel went into captivity because they did wrong and rebelled against me. So I hid my face from them and handed them over to their enemies. They were killed in battle.
24. I paid them back for their uncleanness and their sins, and I hid my face from them.
25. “So this is what the Almighty Lord says: Now I will bring back Jacob’s captives and have compassion for the whole nation of Israel. I will stand up for my holy name.
26. When they live safely in a land where no one will frighten them, they will forget their shame and all the unfaithful things they have done against me.
27. I will bring them back from the other nations and gather them from the countries of their enemies. Many nations will see that I am holy.
28. Then my people will know that I am the Lord their God. I sent them into captivity among the nations, and I brought them back again to their land. I left none of them behind.
29. I will no longer hide my face from them, because I will pour out my Spirit on the nation of Israel, declares the Almighty Lord.”