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“Therefore tell the house of Israel, ‘The Lord GOD says: “I don’t do this for your sake, house of Israel, but for my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations where you went.
Verse 22. Holy, that my attributes of justice and mercy may be confessed. Isaiah 48:2. Daniel 3:49. Judith 8:24.
I will sanctify my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned among them. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD,” says the Lord GOD, “when I am proven holy in you before their eyes.
“‘“For I will take you from among the nations and gather you out of all the countries, and will bring you into your own land.
I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols.
Verse 25. Water. R. David and the Chal. explain this of the remission of sin; and all Christians understand it of baptism in water, remitting all offences. Ephesians 5:26. Titus 3:5. Worthington.—He alludes to the purification of the Jews, which prefigured baptism and penance, in which the blood of Christ is applied to our souls. This of course was only fulfilled in his church.
I will also give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you. I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.
Verse 26. Flesh. The Jews at their return fell not so often into the sins of idolatry, and so forth of which the prophets complained. But yet they were far from answering this character. Great irregularities prevailed under Nehemias, and in the days of the Machabees the priests publicly worshipped idols. 1 Ezra 9. and 2 Ezra 5. and 8 and 2 Maccabees 4 and 5. Christ enables his servants to act with purity unto the end, by the influence of his all-powerful grace. Calmet.
I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes. You will keep my ordinances and do them.
Verse 27. Do them. Hence the efficacy of grace appears, (Saint Augustine Bible.) and hereby some keep the commandments. Worthington.—God assists our free-will. Theod. A.Lap. Calmet.
You will dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers. You will be my people, and I will be your God.