12. " ' "I will let my people Israel walk there again. They will possess you. They will receive you as their own. You will never take their children away from them again." ' "
13. The Lord and King says, "People say to you mountains, 'You destroy people. You let your nation's children be taken away.'
14. But I will not let you destroy people anymore. I will no longer let your nation's children be taken away," announces the Lord and King.
15. "You will not have to listen to the nations laughing at you anymore. People will no longer make fun of you. You will not let your nation fall," announces the Lord and King.
16. Another message came to me from the Lord. He said,
17. "Son of man, the people of Israel used to live in their own land. But they polluted it because of how they acted and the way they lived. To me they were 'unclean' like a woman who was having her monthly period.
18. "They spilled people's blood in the land. They polluted the land by worshiping other gods. So I poured out my burning anger on them.
19. I scattered them among the nations. I sent them to other countries. I judged them based on how they acted and the way they lived.