17. Son of man, when the house of Israel lived in its land, they defiled it with their behavior and their deeds. In my sight their behavior was like the impurity of a woman in menstruation.
18. So I poured out my fury upon them for the blood they poured out on the ground and for the idols with which they defiled it.
19. I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed through other lands; according to their behavior and their deeds I carried out judgment against them.
20. But when they came to the nations, where they went, they desecrated my holy name, for people said of them: “These are the people of the Lord, yet they had to leave their land.”