Ezekiel 36:22-23
Modern English Version
22 Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: I do not do this for your sake, O house of Israel, but for My holy name’s sake which you have profaned among the nations where you went. 23 I will vindicate the sanctity of My great name which was profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in their midst. Then the nations shall know that I am the Lord, says the Lord God, when I shall be sanctified among you before their eyes.
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Ezekiel 36:22-23
Lexham English Bible
22 “Therefore thus say to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Not for your sake [a] am I about to act, house of Israel, but[b] for my holy name,[c] which you defiled among the nations to which you went.[d] 23 And I will consecrate my great name, which was profaned among the nations and which you have profaned in the midst of them, and the nations will know that I am Yahweh!”’ a declaration of the Lord Yahweh, when I show myself holy[e] before[f] their eyes.
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- Ezekiel 36:22 Literally “not for the sake of/on behalf of you”
- Ezekiel 36:22 Literally “for it”
- Ezekiel 36:22 Literally “for the name of holiness my”
- Ezekiel 36:22 Literally “which you went there”
- Ezekiel 36:23 Literally “at/in showing/to show self holy my”
- Ezekiel 36:23 Literally “to their eyes”
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