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Yahweh’s Name Profaned Among the Nations

16 Then the word of Yahweh came to me saying, 17 “Son of man, when the house of Israel was living in their own land, they (A)defiled it by their ways and their deeds; their way before Me was like (B)the uncleanness of a woman in her impurity. 18 Therefore I (C)poured out My wrath on them for the blood which they had shed on the land, because they had defiled it with their idols. 19 Also I (D)scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed throughout the lands. (E)According to their ways and their deeds I judged them. 20 Then they came to the nations to which they came. And they (F)profaned My holy name because it was said of them, ‘These are the (G)people of Yahweh; yet they have come out of His land.’ 21 But I [a]had concern for My (H)holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations where they went.

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  1. Ezekiel 36:21 Lit spared

16 The Lord’s message came to me: 17 “Son of man, when the house of Israel was living on their own land, they defiled it by their behavior[a] and their deeds. In my sight their behavior was like the uncleanness of a woman having her monthly period. 18 So I poured my anger on them[b] because of the blood they shed on the land and because of the idols with which they defiled it.[c] 19 I scattered them among the nations; they were dispersed throughout foreign countries. In accordance with their behavior and their deeds I judged them. 20 But when they arrived in the nations where they went, they profaned my holy name. It was said of them, ‘These are the people of the Lord, yet they have departed from his land.’ 21 I was concerned for my holy reputation,[d] which the house of Israel profaned among the nations where they went.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 36:17 tn Heb “way.”
  2. Ezekiel 36:18 sn See Ezek 7:8; 9:8; 14:19; 20:8, 13, 21; 22:22; 30:15.
  3. Ezekiel 36:18 sn For the concept of defiling the land in legal literature, see Lev 18:28 and Deut 21:23.
  4. Ezekiel 36:21 tn Heb “name.”