Ezekiel 36:22 · KJV
“Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I do not {this} for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name's sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went.”
— Ezekiel 36:22
But I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the heathen, whither they went.
And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I {am} the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes. {their: or, your}
Ezekiel 36 — Context
And when they entered unto the heathen, whither they went, they profaned my holy name, when they said to them, These {are} the people of the LORD, and are gone forth out of his land.
21But I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the heathen, whither they went.
22Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I do not {this} for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name's sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went.
23And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I {am} the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes. {their: or, your}
24For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.
Cross References
Psalms 106:8
Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known.
Ezekiel 36:32
Not for your sakes do I {this}, saith the Lord GOD, be it known unto you: be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel.
Psalms 115:1-2
Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, {and} for thy truth's sake.
Deuteronomy 7:7-8
The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye {were} the fewest of all people:
Deuteronomy 9:5-7
Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
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