The Sovereign LORD, through Ezekiel, continues in v.21, "I had concern for my holy name....Therefore say to the house of Israel, 'this is what the Sovereign LORD says: It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am going to do these things, but fot the sake of my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations where you have gone.... Then the nations will know that Iam the LORD, declares the Sovereign LORD, when I show myself holy through you before their eyes."

God's Covenants with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob regarding their descendants and the land He was giving to them are everlasting, eternal Covenants, not contracts or agreements dependent on circumstances.  The Sovereign LORD'S holy name was profaned before the nations, not because of what Israel did (although their exile was because of what they did or, also, did not do), but because the nations could know about the Covenant and mock the fact that "the people" were not in "the land" that the Covenant gave them.  So the nations mocked, profaned, the holy name by saying that the Sovereign LORD was not all that "Sovereign" because His people were, contrary to the Covenant, scattered among the nations.

When God changes Abram's name to Abraham and his wife's to Sarah(Gen 17:1-27) He says that He will bless the descendants of Ishmael, but make His "covenant with Isaac."  This covenant includes the "whole land of Canaan", which in Gen 15:18 extends "from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates...."  The purpose of this covenant, He tells Abraham in Gen 22:1-19 is that in Abraham's descendants "all nations will be blssed."

God reiterates this covenant with both Isaac (Gen 26:2-6) and Jacob (Gen 28:13-15) and in both cases the Covenant reiteration includes the promise that "All peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offsprig."  (Gen 28:14)

So, it is to honour His covenant that He is calling on the land to extend branches and bear fruit in preparation for the return of "the whole house of Israel".  God being absolutely true and faithful to the Covenants He makes, has "concern for (His) holy name" and is bringing His people back to His land.

Therefore, "The desolate land will be cultivated instead of lying desolate in the sight of all who pass through it.  They willsay, 'This land that was laid waste has become like the garden of Eden; the cities that were lying in ruins, desolate and destroyed, are now fortified and inhabited.'  Then the nations around you that remain will know that I the LORD have rebuilt what was destroyed and have replanted what was desolate.  I the LORD have spoken, and I will do it."  (Ezekiel 36:34-36)

We are here to witness the Eden that this land has become.  We bear witness through these images we're sharing with you.

And the transformation continues.