Ezekiel 36:21

But I had concern for Shem Kodshi (Name of My Holiness, Holy Name), which Bais Yisroel had profaned among the Goyim, where they went.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

But I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the heathen, whither they went.

In Context

20And when they entered unto the Goyim, to where they went, they profaned Shem Kodshi (Name of My Holiness, Holy Name), when they said to them, These are the Am Hashem, and are gone forth out of His land.

22Therefore say unto Bais Yisroel, thus saith Adonoi Hashem: I do not this for your sakes, O Bais Yisroel, but for the sake of Shem Kodshi, which ye have profaned among Goyim where ye went.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:26I said, I will dash them in pieces, 1 I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men; 1

Isaiah 37:35For I will defend this city to save it for Mine Own sake, and for the sake of Dovid Avdi.

Ezekiel 20:9But I acted for My Nameʼs sake, that it should not be profaned before the eyes of the Goyim, among whom they were living. In bringing them forth out of Eretz Mitzrayim, in their sight I made Myself [publicly] known unto them.

Ezekiel 20:22Nevertheless, I withdrew Mine yad, and acted for My Nameʼs sake, that it should not be profaned before the eyes of the Goyim, in whose sight I brought them forth.

Ezekiel 39:25Therefore thus saith Adonoi Hashem: Now will I bring back the captives of Ya'akov, and have compassion upon kol Bais Yisroel, and will be jealous for Shem Kodshi (Name of My Holiness, Holy Name);

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 36:17-25

God's Compassion for Israel. ( b. c. 587.) 16 Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 17 Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their own way and by their doings: their way was before me as the uncleanness of a removed woman. 18 Wherefore I poured my fury upon them for the blood that they had shed upon the land, and for their idols wherewith they had polluted it: 19 And I scattered them among the heathen, and they were dispersed through the countries: according… Read the whole commentary →

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