But you...will produce branches and fruit for my people Isreal,

for they will soon come home.

I am concerned for you and will look on you with favor;

you will be plowed and sown,

and I will multiply the number of people upon you...

they will be fruitful and become numerous.

I will settle people on you as in the past and

will make you prosper more than before.

Then you will know that I am the LORD....

It is not for your sake...that I am going to do these things,

but for the sake of my holy name...

Then the nations will know that I am LORD...

when I show myself holy through you before their eyes.

I will sprinkle clean water on you and you will be clean;

I will cleanse you from all your impurties and from all your idols.

I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you;

I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.

And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to

follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. ...

I the Lord have spoken, and I will do it.

Ezekiel 36:8-11, 22-23, 25-27, 36