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23 For I will send into her pestilence and blood into her streets; and the dead shall fall in the midst of her, by the sword upon her on every side; and they shall know that I am the LORD.

24 And there shall no longer be a pricking brier unto the house of Israel, nor any thorn that causes him pain, round about them of those that despise them; and they shall know that I am the Lord GOD.

25 Thus hath the Lord GOD said: When I shall have gathered the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered and shall be sanctified in them in the eyes of the Gentiles, then they shall dwell in their land that I have given to my slave Jacob.

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23 I will send a plague upon you
    and make blood flow in your streets.
The slain will fall within you,
    with the sword against you on every side.
Then you will know that I am the Lord.(A)

24 “‘No longer will the people of Israel have malicious neighbors who are painful briers and sharp thorns.(B) Then they will know that I am the Sovereign Lord.

25 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: When I gather(C) the people of Israel from the nations where they have been scattered,(D) I will be proved holy(E) through them in the sight of the nations. Then they will live in their own land, which I gave to my servant Jacob.(F)

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