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Ezekiel 36:21

God's holiness

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

20 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.’

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.

23 I will show the holiness of My great name, which has been profaned among the nations—the name you have profaned among them. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD, declares the Lord GOD, when I show My holiness in you before their eyes.

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BSB
But I had concern for My holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations to which they had gone.
KJV
But I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the heathen, whither they went.
WEB
But I had respect for my holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations where they went.
ASV
But I had regard for my holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations, whither they went.
DARBY
But I had pity for my holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations whither they went.
BLB
And I had pity for the name of My holiness, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations to which they had gone in there.
ÅB
Da ynkedes jeg over mitt hellige navn, som Israels hus hadde vanhelliget blant de folk som de var kommet til.
OTB
Men jeg hadde omsorg for mitt hellige navn, som Israels hus hadde vanhelliget blant nasjonene hvor de hadde gått.
B1930
Da ynkedes jeg over mitt hellige navn, som Israels hus hadde vanhelliget blandt de folk som de var kommet til.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Isaiah 48:9

    For the sake of My name I will delay My wrath; for the sake of My praise I will restrain it, so that you will not be cut off.

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  • Psalms 74:18

    Remember how the enemy has mocked You, O LORD, how a foolish people has spurned Your name.

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  • Ezekiel 20:9

    But I acted for the sake of My name, that it should not be profaned in the eyes of the nations among whom they were living, in whose sight I had revealed Myself to Israel by bringing them out of the land of Egypt.

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  • Ezekiel 20:22

    But I withheld My hand and acted for the sake of My name, so that it would not be profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.

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  • Isaiah 37:35

    ‘I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”

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  • Ezekiel 20:14

    But I acted for the sake of My name, so that it would not be profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.

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  • Deuteronomy 32:26–27

    I would have said that I would cut them to pieces and blot out their memory from mankind,

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