“Know ye that the LORD (Jehovah, Yehuwah) He Is God (Elohim): it is He that hath made us, and not we ourselves; for we are the His people, and the sheep of His pasture . . . . Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with Praise! be thankful (full of thanks) unto Him, and …
“In that day . . . will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean, yea, from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you . . .
Then the heathen (unbelieving) that are left round about you shall know . . . that I the LORD build the ruined places, and I the LORD plant that which was desolate . . . For I the LORD have spoken it, and I will do it !”
– Ezekiel 36:25-56*