21 And say to them, ‘This is what the Lord God says: “Behold, I am going to (A)take the sons of Israel from among the nations where they have gone, and I will gather them from every side and bring them into their own land; 22 and I will make them (B)one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and (C)one king will be king for all of them; and they will no longer be two nations, and no longer be divided into two kingdoms. 23 They will (D)no longer defile themselves with their idols, or with their detestable things, or with any of their offenses; but (E)I will rescue them from all their [a]dwelling places in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them. And they will be My people, and I will be their God.

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  1. Ezekiel 37:23 Another reading is offenses

21 and say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will take the Israelites out of the nations where they have gone. I will gather them from all around and bring them back into their own land.(A) 22 I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel.(B) There will be one king over all of them and they will never again be two nations or be divided into two kingdoms.(C) 23 They will no longer defile(D) themselves with their idols and vile images or with any of their offenses, for I will save them from all their sinful backsliding,[a](E) and I will cleanse them. They will be my people, and I will be their God.(F)

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  1. Ezekiel 37:23 Many Hebrew manuscripts (see also Septuagint); most Hebrew manuscripts all their dwelling places where they sinned