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23 For I will send a plague upon her,
    and there will be bloodshed in her streets.
And the dead shall fall in her midst
    by the sword raised against her from all sides;
    then they will know that I am the Lord.

24 No longer will the people of Israel have to endure thorns that wound, or briars that tear from hostile neighbors who treat them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the Lord.

25 Thus says the Lord God: When I gather the house of Israel from the people among whom they are scattered and manifest my holiness in them in the sight of all the nations, then they will live on the land that I gave to my servant Jacob.

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