17 Therefore say, ‘Thus says the Lord God: ^tI will gather you from the peoples and assemble you out of the countries where you have been scattered, ^tand I will give you the land of Israel.’ 18 And when they come there, ^uthey will remove from it all its ^vdetestable things and all its abominations. 19 ^wAnd I will give them one heart, and ^xa new spirit I will put within them. ^yI will remove the heart of stone from their flesh ^zand give them a heart of flesh, 20 ^athat they may walk in my statutes and keep my rules and obey them. ^bAnd they shall be my people, and I will be their God.