13. “‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “Because they say to you, ‘You are a devourer of men, and have been a bereaver of your nation;’
14. therefore you shall devour men no more, and not bereave your nation any more,” says the Lord GOD.
15. “I won’t let you hear the shame of the nations any more. You won’t bear the reproach of the peoples any more, and you won’t cause your nation to stumble any more,” says the Lord GOD.’”
16. Moreover the Lord’s word came to me, saying,
17. “Son of man, when the house of Israel lived in their own land, they defiled it by their ways and by their deeds. Their way before me was as the uncleanness of a woman in her impurity.
18. Therefore I poured out my wrath on them for the blood which they had poured out on the land, and because they had defiled it with their idols.
19. I scattered them amongst the nations, and they were dispersed through the countries. I judged them according to their way and according to their deeds.
20. When they came to the nations where they went, they profaned my holy name; in that men said of them, ‘These are the Lord’s people, and have left his land.’