Ezekiel 36:32
30 I will also make the fruit of the trees and the crops of the field plentiful, so that you will no longer bear reproach among the nations on account of famine.
31 Then you will remember your evil ways and wicked deeds, and you will loathe yourselves for your iniquities and abominations.
It is not for your sake that I will act, declares the Lord GOD—let it be known to you. Be ashamed and disgraced for your ways, O house of Israel!
33 This is what the Lord GOD says: On the day I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will cause the cities to be resettled and the ruins to be rebuilt.
34 The desolate land will be cultivated instead of lying desolate in the sight of all who pass through.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- It is not for your sake that I will act, declares the Lord GOD—let it be known to you. Be ashamed and disgraced for your ways, O house of Israel!
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- I don’t do this for your sake,” says the Lord GOD. “Let it be known to you. Be ashamed and confounded for your ways, house of Israel.”
- ASV
- Nor for your sake do I [this], saith the Lord Jehovah, be it known unto you: be ashamed and confounded for your ways, O house of Israel.
- DARBY
- Not for your sakes do I this, saith the Lord Jehovah, be it known unto you: be ashamed and confounded for your ways, O house of Israel.
- BLB
- [It is] not for your⁺ sake [that] I am doing [this], a declaration of the Lord YHWH, let it be known to you⁺. Be ashamed and disgraced for your⁺ ways, O house of Israel!
- ÅB
- Ikke for deres skyld gjør jeg det, sier Herren, Israels Gud, det skal dere vite! Blues og skam dere over deres ferd, Israels hus!
- OTB
- Jeg vil at dere skal vite at jeg ikke gjør dette for deres skyld, sier Herren Gud. Skam dere og bli vanæret for deres oppførsel, Israels hus!
- B1930
- Ikke for eders skyld gjør jeg det, sier Herren, Israels Gud, det skal I vite! Blues og skam eder over eders ferd, Israels hus!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 9:5
It is not because of your righteousness or uprightness of heart that you are going in to possess their land, but it is because of their wickedness that the LORD your God is driving out these nations before you, to keep the promise He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Read in contextEzekiel 36:22
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.
Read in contextTitus 3:3–6
For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.
Read in context2 Timothy 1:9
He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.
Read in contextDaniel 9:18–19
Incline Your ear, O my God, and hear; open Your eyes and see the desolation of the city that bears Your name. For we are not presenting our petitions before You because of our righteous acts, but because of Your great compassion.
Read in contextRomans 6:21
What fruit did you reap at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? The outcome of those things is death.
Read in contextEzra 9:6
and said: “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our heads, and our guilt has reached the heavens.
Read in context1 Peter 4:2–3
Consequently, he does not live out his remaining time on earth for human passions, but for the will of God.
Read in context