This is the word of the Lord:

“I will take you out of the nations, * gather you from every country, * and bring you back to your homeland.

    I will sprinkle clean water upon you * to cleanse from all that defiles you, * I will cleanse you from the stain of your idols.

       Then I will give you a new heart, * and put a new spirit inside you,

       taking away your heart of stone, * and giving you a heart of flesh.

    I will put my spirit inside you, * and you will keep my laws * and carefully carry out my commands.

You shall live in the very land * which I gave your fathers.

You shall be my people, * and I will be your God.”