23 They will not defile themselves anymore with their idols,(A) their abhorrent things, and all their transgressions.(B) I will save them from all their apostasies by which[a] they sinned,(C) and I will cleanse them. Then they will be my people, and I will be their God.(D) 24 My servant David will be king over them, and there will be one shepherd for all of them.(E) They will follow my ordinances, and keep my statutes and obey them.(F)

25 “‘They will live in the land that I gave to my servant Jacob,(G) where your ancestors lived. They will live in it forever with their children and grandchildren, and my servant David will be their prince forever.(H)

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  1. 37:23 Some Hb mss, LXX, Sym; other Hb mss read their settlements where

23 They will no longer defile(A) themselves with their idols and vile images or with any of their offenses, for I will save them from all their sinful backsliding,[a](B) and I will cleanse them. They will be my people, and I will be their God.(C)

24 “‘My servant David(D) will be king(E) over them, and they will all have one shepherd.(F) They will follow my laws and be careful to keep my decrees.(G) 25 They will live in the land I gave to my servant Jacob, the land where your ancestors lived.(H) They and their children and their children’s children will live there forever,(I) and David my servant will be their prince forever.(J)

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