The Departure of God's Glory and Promise of Restoration
Ezekiel 11:16-25
16Therefore say, Thus says the Lord GOD: Because I removed them among the nations and because I scattered them among the lands, I became to them a little sanctuary in the lands where they came.17Therefore say, Thus says the Lord GOD: I will gather you from the peoples and gather you from the lands in which you were scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.18They will come there and remove all its abominations and all its detestable things from it.19I will give them one heart and put a new spirit within them; I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh.20So that they walk in my statutes and keep my judgments and do them; they will be my people and I will be their God.21But as for those whose heart goes after their abominations, I will bring their way upon their heads, declares the Lord GOD.22The cherubim lifted their wings, and the wheels were beside them, and the glory of the God of Israel was above them.23The glory of the LORD went up from the midst of the city and stood on the mountain east of the city.24The spirit lifted me and brought me to Chaldea, to the exiles, in the vision by the spirit of God; then the vision that I had seen departed from me.25I spoke to the exiles all the words of the LORD that he had shown me.