Ezekiel 36:21

So then I had tender regard for my holy Name,- Which the house of Israel had profaned, among the nations, where they had entered.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

20But when they entered among the nations where they did enter, then profaned they my holy Name,—in that it was said of them The people of Yahweh, these! Yet from his land, have they come forth!

22Therefore say thou to the house of Israel Thus saith My Lord Yahweh, Not for your sakes, am I working. O house of Israel, But for my holy Name which ye have profaned, among the nations where ye have entered;

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:26I said, I would puff them away, I would destroy from mortals, their memory;

Isaiah 37:35Thus will I throw a covering over this city to save it,—For mine own sake, And for the sake of David my servant.

Ezekiel 20:9Howbeit I wrought with effect, for the sake of mine own Name, that it might not be profaned—before the eyes of the nations in whose midst they were,—before whose eyes I made myself known unto them, by bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.

Ezekiel 20:22Howbeit I withdrew my hand, and wrought with effect for the sake of mine own Name, —that it should not be profaned before the eyes of the nations, before whose eyes I had brought them forth:

Ezekiel 39:25Therefore— Thus saith My Lord Yahweh, Now, will I bring back them of the captivity of Jacob, And have compassion upon all the house of Israel,- And will be jealous for my 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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