And there shall ye remember your ways, and all your doings, wherein ye have been defiled; and ye shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that ye have committed.
There - not merely in exile, when suffering punishment, which makes even reprobates be sorry for sin, but when received into favour in your own land.
Shall ye remember your ways - (Ezekiel 16:61; Ezekiel 16:63). The humiliation of Judah (Nehemiah 9:1-38) is a type of the future penitence of the whole nation (Hosea 5:15; Hosea 6:1; Zechariah 12:10-14): God's goodness realized by the sinner is the only thing that leads to true repentance (Hosea 3:5; Luke 7:37-38).