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What does Ezekiel 39:23 mean?

"The nations will know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity; because they trespassed against me, and I hid my face from them; so I gave them into the hand of their adversaries, and they all fell by the sword."

— Ezekiel 39:23 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

20

You shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war,” says the Lord Yahweh.’

21

“I will set my glory among the nations. Then all the nations will see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid on them.

22

So the house of Israel will know that I am Yahweh their God, from that day and forward.

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The nations will know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity; because they trespassed against me, and I hid my face from them; so I gave them into the hand of their adversaries, and they all fell by the sword.

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I did to them according to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions. I hid my face from them.

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“Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: ‘Now I will reverse the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy on the whole house of Israel. I will be jealous for my holy name.

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They will bear their shame, and all their trespasses by which they have trespassed against me, when they dwell securely in their land, and no one will make them afraid,

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