English Standard Version ESV
New International Version NIV
16 The word of the LORD came to me:
16
Again the word of the LORD came to me:
17 "Son of man, when the house of Israel lived in their own land, they defiled it by their ways and their deeds. Their ways before me were like the uncleanness of a woman in her menstrual impurity.
17
“Son of man, when the people of Israel were living in their own land, they defiled it by their conduct and their actions. Their conduct was like a woman’s monthly uncleanness in my sight.
18 So I poured out my wrath upon them for the blood that they had shed in the land, for the idols with which they had defiled it.
18
So I poured out my wrath on them because they had shed blood in the land and because they had defiled it with their idols.
19 I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed through the countries. In accordance with their ways and their deeds I judged them.
19
I dispersed them among the nations, and they were scattered through the countries; I judged them according to their conduct and their actions.
20 But when they came to the nations, wherever they came, they profaned my holy name, in that people said of them, 'These are the people of the LORD, and yet they had to go out of his land.'
20
And wherever they went among the nations they profaned my holy name, for it was said of them, ‘These are the LORD’s people, and yet they had to leave his land.’
21 But I had concern for my holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations to which they came.
21
I had concern for my holy name, which the people of Israel profaned among the nations where they had gone.
The English Standard Version is published with the permission of Good News Publishers.
Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide.