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23 for I will send pestilence into it,
    and bloodshed into its streets;
and the dead shall fall in its midst,
    by the sword that is against it on every side.
And they shall know that I am the Lord.

24 The house of Israel shall no longer find a pricking brier or a piercing thorn among all their neighbours who have treated them with contempt. And they shall know that I am the Lord God.

Future Blessing for Israel

25 Thus says the Lord God: When I gather the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and manifest my holiness in them in the sight of the nations, then they shall settle on their own soil that I gave to my servant 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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