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Ezekiel 36:20

God's holiness

18 Wherefore I poured my fury upon them for the blood that they had shed upon the land, and for their idols wherewith they had polluted it:

19 And I scattered them among the heathen, and they were dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according to their doings I judged them.

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.

21 But I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the heathen, whither they went.

22 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.

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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!

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  • Isaiah 52:5

    Now therefore, what have I here, saith the LORD, that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them make them to howl, saith the LORD; and my name continually every day is blasphemed.

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  • Romans 2:24

    For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written.

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  • Jeremiah 33:24

    Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the LORD hath chosen, he hath even cast them off? thus they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them.

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  • Daniel 3:15

    Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?

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  • Exodus 32:11–13

    And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand?

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  • Joshua 7:9

    For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do unto thy great name?

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  • Ezekiel 12:16

    But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence; that they may declare all their abominations among the heathen whither they come; and they shall know that I am the LORD.

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  • Numbers 14:15–16

    Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,

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