14. therefore, you will no longer devour men and deprive your nation of children.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.
15. “I will no longer allow the insults of the nations to be heard against you, and you will not have to endure the reproach of the peoples anymore; you will no longer cause your nation to stumble.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.
16. The word of the Lord came to me:
17. “Son of man, while the house of Israel lived in their land, they defiled it with their conduct and actions. Their behavior before Me was like menstrual impurity.
18. So I poured out My wrath on them because of the blood they had shed on the land, and because they had defiled it with their idols.
19. I dispersed them among the nations, and they were scattered among the countries. I judged them according to their conduct and actions.
20. When they came to the nations where they went, they profaned My holy name, because it was said about them, ‘These are the people of Yahweh, yet they had to leave His land in exile.’