8 therefore thus says the Lord God: ^kBehold, I, even I, am against you. And I will execute judgments¹ in your midst ^lin the sight of the nations.

9 But I acted for the sake of my name, that it should ^jnot be ^kprofaned in the sight of the nations among whom they lived, ^lin whose sight I made myself known to them in bringing them out of the land of Egypt.

16 And you shall be profaned by your own doing in the sight of the nations, and you shall know that I am the Lord.”

Israel Gathered in Security

25 “Thus says the Lord God: When I gather the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and manifest my holiness in them ^xin the sight of the nations, then they shall dwell in their own land that I gave to my servant Jacob.