Ezekiel 36:20

18 So I poured out My wrath upon them because of the blood they had shed on the land, and because they had defiled it with their idols.

19 I dispersed them among the nations, and they were scattered throughout the lands. I judged them according to their ways and deeds.

And wherever they went among the nations, they profaned My holy name, because it was said of them, ‘These are the people of the LORD, yet they had to leave His land.’

21 But I had concern for My holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations to which they had gone.

22 Therefore tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: It is not for your sake that I will act, O house of Israel, but for My holy name, which you profaned among the nations to which you went.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
And wherever they went among the nations, they profaned My holy name, because it was said of them, ‘These are the people of the LORD, yet they had to leave His land.’
KJV
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.
WEB
When they came to the nations where they went, they profaned my holy name, in that men said of them, ‘These are the LORD’s people, and have left his land.’
ASV
And when they came unto the nations, whither they went, they profaned my holy name; in that men said of them, These are the people of Jehovah, and are gone forth out of his land.
DARBY
And when they came to the nations whither they went, they profaned my holy name, when it was said of them, These are the people of Jehovah, and they are gone forth out of his land.
BLB
And they came to the nations, [to] which they came there, and they profaned name of My holiness by saying to them, ‘These [are] the people of YHWH, and from His land they have gone out!’
ÅB
Og da de kom til de folk som de kom til, vanhelliget de mitt hellige navn, og det ble sagt om dem: Dette er Herrens folk, og allikevel måtte de dra ut av hans land!
OTB
Og hvor de enn gikk blant nasjonene, vanhelliget de mitt hellige navn, for det ble sagt om dem: ‘Dette er Herrens folk, men de måtte forlate hans land.’
B1930
Og da de kom til de folk som de kom til, vanhelliget de mitt hellige navn, og det blev sagt om dem: Dette er Herrens folk, og allikevel måtte de dra ut av hans land!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Isaiah 52:5

    And now what have I here? declares the LORD. For My people have been taken without cause; those who rule them taunt, declares the LORD, and My name is blasphemed continually all day long.

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  • Romans 2:24

    As it is written: “God’s name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”

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  • Jeremiah 33:24

    “Have you not noticed what these people are saying: ‘The LORD has rejected the two families He had chosen’? So they despise My people and no longer regard them as a nation.

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  • Daniel 3:15

    Now, if you are ready, as soon as you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, you must fall down and worship the statue I have made. But if you refuse to worship, you will be thrown at once into the blazing fiery furnace. Then what god will be able to deliver you from my hands?”

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  • Exodus 32:11–13

    But Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God, saying, “O LORD, why does Your anger burn against Your people, whom You brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand?

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  • Joshua 7:9

    When the Canaanites and all who live in the land hear about this, they will surround us and wipe out our name from the earth. Then what will You do for Your great name?”

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  • Ezekiel 12:16

    But I will spare a few of them from sword and famine and plague, so that in the nations to which they go, they can recount all their abominations. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”

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  • Numbers 14:15–16

    If You kill this people as one man, the nations who have heard of Your fame will say,

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