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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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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 36:22 Literally “not for the sake of/on behalf of you”
  2. Ezekiel 36:22 Literally “for it”
  3. Ezekiel 36:22 Literally “for the name of holiness my”
  4. Ezekiel 36:22 Literally “which you went there”
  5. Ezekiel 36:23 Literally “at/in showing/to show self holy my”
  6. Ezekiel 36:23 Literally “to their eyes”

22 “Therefore say to the Israelites, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: It is not for your sake, people of Israel, that I am going to do these things, but for the sake of my holy name,(A) which you have profaned(B) among the nations where you have gone.(C) 23 I will show the holiness of my great name,(D) which has been profaned(E) among the nations, the name you have profaned among them. Then the nations will know that I am the Lord,(F) declares the Sovereign Lord, when I am proved holy(G) through you before their eyes.(H)

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