Ezekiel 36:23

Therefore will I hallow my great Name, that hath been profaned among the nations, which ye have profaned in their midst,-So shall the nations know that I am Yahweh Declareth My Lord, Yahweh, When I have hallowed myself in you, before their eyes.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.

In Context

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;

24Therefore will I take you from among the nations, And gather you out of all the lands,- And will bring you upon your own soil;

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Cross References

Numbers 20:12Then said Yahweh unto Moses and unto Aaron, Because ye believed not in me, to hallow me in the eyes of the sons of Israel, therefore, shall ye not bring in this convocation into the land which I have given unto them.

Psalms 102:13Thou, wilt arise, wilt have compassion upon Zion, Surely it is time to favour her, Surely the time appointed, hath come;

Isaiah 5:16But Yahweh of hosts, hath been exalted, in justice,—And the GOD that is holy hath been hallowed in righteousness;

Ezekiel 28:22and thou shalt say— Thus saith My Lord. Yahweh, Behold me! against thee, O Zidon, Therefore will I get myself glory in thy midst,— [And they shall know that, I, am Yahweh,] When I have executed against her judgments And hallowed myself in her.

Ezekiel 38:22Then will I contend with him by pestilence and by blood,- And an overflowing downpour and hail-stones fire and brimstone, will I rain Upon him, and Upon his hordes, and Upon the many peoples who are with him.

Ezekiel 39:7And my holy Name, will I make known in the midst of my people Israel, And will not suffer my holy Name to be profaned any more,— So shall the nations know that, I am Yahweh, Holy in Israel.

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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