Ezekiel 36:21-23

The Lord's Concern for His Holy Name

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

I Will Put My Spirit Within You

22 "Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: y It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for the sake of my holy name, w which you have profaned among the nations to which you came. 23 z And I will vindicate the holiness of my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, and which you have profaned among them. a And the nations will know that I am the Lord, declares the Lord God, when through you I vindicate my holiness before their eyes.

  1. Cross References
    Ezekiel 20:9
    But I acted for the sake of my name, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations among whom they lived, in whose sight I made myself known to them in bringing them out of the land of Egypt.
    Isaiah 43:25
    I, I am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins.
    Isaiah 48:11
    For my own sake, for my own sake, I do it, for how should my name be profaned? My glory I will not give to another.
  2. Cross References
    Ezekiel 36:32
    It is not for your sake that I will act, declares the Lord God ; let that be known to you. Be ashamed and confounded for your ways, O house of Israel.
    Deuteronomy 9:5
    Not because of your righteousness or the uprightness of your heart are you going in to possess their land, but because of the wickedness of these nations the Lord your God is driving them out from before you, and that he may confirm the word that the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
  3. Cross References
    Ezekiel 36:20
    But when they came to the nations, wherever they came, they profaned my holy name, in that people said of them, 'These are the people of the Lord, and yet they had to go out of his land.
  4. Cross References
    Ezekiel 20:41
    As a pleasing aroma I will accept you, when I bring you out from the peoples and gather you out of the countries where you have been scattered. And I will manifest my holiness among you in the sight of the nations.
  5. Cross References
    Ezekiel 30:19
    Thus I will execute judgments on Egypt. Then th...
    Ezekiel 30:26
    And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nati...
    Ezekiel 38:23
    So I will show my greatness and my holiness and...
    Ezekiel 39:7
    And my holy name I will make known in the midst...
    Ezekiel 39:21
    And I will set my glory among the nations, and ...
    Ezekiel 6:7
    And the slain shall fall in your midst, and you...
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