15 “I will no longer allow the insults of the nations to be heard against you, and you will not have to endure the reproach of the peoples anymore;(A) you will no longer cause your nation to stumble.”[a] This is the declaration of the Lord God.

Restoration of Israel’s People

16 The word of the Lord came to me: 17 “Son of man, while the house of Israel lived in their land, they defiled it with their conduct and actions.(B) Their behavior before Me was like menstrual impurity.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 36:15 Some Hb mss, Tg read no longer bereave your nation of children

15 No longer will I make you hear the taunts of the nations, and no longer will you suffer the scorn of the peoples or cause your nation to fall, declares the Sovereign Lord.(A)’”

Israel’s Restoration Assured

16 Again the word of the Lord came to me: 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(B) in my sight.(C)

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