Ezekiel 36:32-34

International Standard Version

³² I won’t be doing any of this for your sake,” declares the Lord God, “so keep that in mind. Be ashamed and frustrated because of your behavior, you house of Israel!”’”

The Restoration of Israel’s Cities

³³ “This is what the Lord God says: ‘At the same time^[a] that I cleanse you from all of your guilt, I’ll make your cities become inhabited again and the desolate wastelands will be rebuilt. ³⁴ The desolate fields will be cultivated, replacing the former wasteland that everyone who passed by in times past^[b] had noticed.