23 for I will send (A)pestilence into her,
    and blood into her streets;
and the slain shall fall in her midst,
    by the sword that is against her on every side.
Then they will know that I am the Lord.

24 “And for the house of Israel (B)there shall be no more a brier to prick or (C)a thorn to hurt them among all their neighbors (D)who have treated them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the Lord God.

Israel Gathered in Security

25 “Thus says the Lord God: (E)When I gather the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and (F)manifest my holiness in them in the sight of the nations, (G)then they shall dwell in their own land that I gave to my servant Jacob.

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