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"Son of man, your brothers, your relatives, your fellowexiles and the wholehouse of Israel, all of them, are those to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, 'Gofar from the LORD; thisland has been given us as a possession.'
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"Thereforesay, 'Thussays the LordGOD, "Though I had removed them far away among the nations and though I had scattered them among the countries, yet I was a sanctuary for them a littlewhile in the countrieswhere* they had gone."'
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"Thereforesay, 'Thussays the LordGOD, "I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you out of the countries among which you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel."'
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"And I will give them oneheart, and put a newspiritwithin them. And I will take the heart of stone out of their flesh and give them a heart of flesh,
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"But as for those whose heartsgo after their detestablethings and abominations, I will bring their conductdown on their heads," declares the LordGOD.