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26 They will live safely in their own land, but will be ashamed when they remember their evil ways and how they disgraced me.[a] 27 Foreign nations will watch as I take the Israelites from enemy lands and bring them back home, and those nations will see that I am holy.

28 My people will realize that I, the Lord their God, sent them away as prisoners and now will bring them back to their own land.

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  1. 39.26 me: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 26.

26 They will forget their shame and all the unfaithfulness they showed toward me when they lived in safety(A) in their land with no one to make them afraid.(B) 27 When I have brought them back from the nations and have gathered them from the countries of their enemies, I will be proved holy through them in the sight of many nations.(C) 28 Then they will know that I am the Lord their God, for though I sent them into exile among the nations, I will gather them(D) to their own land, not leaving any behind.(E)

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