12. “And I shall let men, My people Yisra’ĕl, walk upon you, and let them possess you, and you shall be their inheritance, and no longer let you add to their bereavement.”
13. ‘Thus said the Master יהוה, “Because they say to you, ‘You devour men and have bereaved your nation,’
14. therefore you shall no longer devour men, and no longer bereave your nation,” declares the Master יהוה.
15. “And no longer shall I let you hear the insults of the gentiles. And the reproach of the peoples you shall bear no more, and no longer cause your nations to stumble,” declares the Master יהוה.’ ”
16. And the word of יהוה came to me, saying,
17. “Son of man, when the house of Yisra’ĕl dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their own ways and deeds. To Me their way was like the uncleanness of a woman in her monthly period.
18. “So I poured out My wrath on them for the blood they had shed on the land, and for their idols they defiled it.
19. “And I scattered them among the gentiles, and they were dispersed throughout the lands. I have judged them according to their ways and their deeds.
20. “And when they came to the gentiles, wherever they went, they profaned My set-apart Name for it was said of them, ‘These are the people of יהוה, and yet they have gone out of His land.’
21. “But I had compassion on My set-apart Name, which the house of Yisra’ĕl had profaned among the gentiles wherever they went.
22. “Therefore say to the house of Yisra’ĕl, ‘Thus said the Master יהוה, “I do not do this for your sake, O house of Yisra’ĕl, but for My set-apart Name’s sake, which you have profaned among the gentiles wherever you went.