Ezekiel 36:23

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.

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.

²⁴ For I will take you from among the nations and gather you out of all the countries, and I will bring you back into your own land.

²⁵ I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.

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: 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.
KJV: 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.
WEB: I will sanctify my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned among them. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD,” says the Lord GOD, “when I am proven holy in you before their eyes.
ASV: And I will sanctify my great name, which hath been profaned among the nations, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the nations shall know that I am Jehovah, saith the Lord Jehovah, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.
DARBY: And I will hallow my great name, which was profaned among the nations, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the nations shall know that I [am] Jehovah, saith the Lord Jehovah, when I shall be hallowed in you before their eyes.
BLB: And I will sanctify My great name, which has been profaned among the nations, which you⁺ have profaned in their midst, and the nations will know that I [am] YHWH, a declaration of the Lord YHWH, in My showing [My] holiness in you⁺ before their eyes.

ÅB: Jeg vil hellige mitt store navn, som er blitt vanhelliget blant folkene, det som dere har vanhelliget blant dem, og folkene skal kjenne at jeg er Herren, sier Herren, Israels Gud, når jeg åpenbarer min hellighet på dere for deres øyne.
OTB: Jeg vil hellige mitt store navn, som har blitt vanhelliget blant nasjonene, som dere har vanhelliget blant dem. Da skal nasjonene vite at jeg er Herren, sier Herren Gud, når jeg blir helliget gjennom dere for deres øyne.
B1930: Jeg vil hellige mitt store navn, som er blitt vanhelliget blandt folkene, det som I har vanhelliget blandt dem, og folkene skal kjenne at jeg er Herren, sier Herren, Israels Gud, når jeg åpenbarer min hellighet på eder for eders øine.

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Original text and word study

Cross references

Ezekiel 20:41
When I bring you from the peoples and gather you from the lands to which you have been scattered, I will accept you as a pleasing aroma. And I will show My holiness through you in the sight of the nations.
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Ezekiel 39:7
So I will make My holy name known among My people Israel and will no longer allow it to be profaned. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.
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1 Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
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Psalms 46:10
“Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted over the earth.”
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Isaiah 5:16
But the LORD of Hosts will be exalted by His justice, and the holy God will show Himself holy in righteousness.
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Ezekiel 39:28
Then they will know that I am the LORD their God, when I regather them to their own land, not leaving any of them behind after their exile among the nations.
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Psalms 126:1–3
When the LORD restored the captives of Zion, we were like dreamers.
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Daniel 3:28–29
Nebuchadnezzar declared, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent His angel and delivered His servants who trusted in Him. They violated the king’s command and risked their lives rather than serve or worship any god except their own God.
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