Ezekiel 20:14

But I acted for the sake of my name, lest it be violated before the Gentiles, from whom I cast them out, in their sight.

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In The King James Version

But I wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.

In Context

13But the house of Israel provoked me in the desert. They did not walk in my precepts, and they cast aside my judgments, which, if a man does them, he shall live by them. And they grievously violated my Sabbaths. Therefore, I said that I would pour out my fury upon them in the desert, and that I would consume them.

15And so I lifted up my hand over them in the desert, so as not to lead them into the land that I had given to them, flowing with milk and honey, the foremost of all lands.

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Cross References

Ezekiel 20:9But I acted for the sake of my name, so that it would not be violated in the sight of the Gentiles, in the midst of whom they were, and among whom I appeared to them, so that I might lead them away from the land of Egypt.

Ezekiel 36:22For this reason, you shall say to the house of Israel: Thus says the Lord God: I will act, not for your sake, O house of Israel, but for the sake of my holy name, which you have defiled among the Gentiles, to whom you entered.

Ephesians 1:12So may we be, to the praise of his glory, we who have hoped beforehand in Christ.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 20:11-27

The Privileges and Sins of Israel. ( b. c. 592.) 10 Wherefore I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness. 11 And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them. 12 Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the Lord that sanctify them. 13 But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my… Read the whole commentary →

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