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"When they came to the nationswhere* they went, they 1profaned My holyname, because it was said of them, 'These are the 2people of the LORD; yet they have come out of His land.'
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"Therefore I poured out My wrath on them for the blood which they had shed on the land, because they had defiled it with their idols.
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"Also I scattered them among the nations and they were dispersed throughout the lands. According to their ways and their deeds I judged them.
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"When they came to the nations where they went, they profaned My holy name, because it was said of them, 'These are the people of the LORD ; yet they have come out of His land.'
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"But I had concern for My holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations where they went.
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"Therefore say to the house of Israel, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for My holy name, which you have profaned among the nations where you went.