Discovery BoxEzekiel 39:24-29 
Context39:24 According to their uncleanness and rebellion I have dealt with them, and I hid my face from them.
39:25 “Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Now I will restore 1 the fortunes of Jacob, and I will have mercy on the entire house of Israel. I will be zealous for my holy name. 39:26 They will bear their shame for all their unfaithful acts against me, when they live securely on their land with no one to make them afraid. 39:27 When I have brought them back from the peoples and gathered them from the countries of their enemies, I will magnify myself among them in the sight of many nations. 39:28 Then they will know that I am the Lord their God, because I sent them into exile among the nations, and then gathered them into their own land. I will not leave any of them in exile 2 any longer. 39:29 I will no longer hide my face from them, when I pour out my Spirit on the house of Israel, 3 declares the sovereign Lord.”
1 tn Heb “cause to return.”
2 tn Heb “there,” referring to the foreign nations to which they were exiled. The translation makes the referent clear.
3 sn See Ezek 11:19; 37:14.
