God promises to put his Spirit within the people, setting them in their land so that they will know he is the Lord and faithful to his word—combining the gift of the Spirit with territorial restoration and covenantal renewal. The placement of God's Spirit within Israel reverses the exile experience of spiritual abandonment and represents the fulfillment of the new covenant promise in Jeremiah 31. The formula 'you will know that I am the Lord' functions as the verification of the entire restoration, the experiential confirmation of God's fidelity. Setting them in their land grounds the spiritual restoration in concrete historical reality; the Spirit works through material restoration and real historical change. This verse synthesizes the themes of the vision: resurrection, return, divine presence, and covenantal knowledge.

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