Ezekiel 36:22
Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name’s sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went.
KJV
Idcirco dices domui Israël : Hæc dicit Dominus Deus : Non propter vos ego faciam, domus Israël, sed propter nomen sanctum meum, quod polluistis in gentibus ad quas intrastis.
Vulgate
διὰ τοῦτο εἰπὸν τῷ οἴκῳ Ἰσραήλ Τάδε λέγει Κύριος Οὐχ ὑμῖν ἐγὼ ποιῶ, οἶκος, Ἰσραήλ, ἀλλ’ ἢ διὰ τὸ ὄνομά μου τὸ ἅγιον, ὃ ἐβεβηλώσατε ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν οὗ εἰσήλθετε ἐκεῖ.
LXX
Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I do not this for your sake, O house of Israel, but for my holy name, which ye have profaned among the nations, whither ye went.
ASV
לָ/כֵ֞ן אֱמֹ֣ר לְ/בֵֽית יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ אֲדֹנָ֣/י יְהוִ֔ה לֹ֧א לְמַעַנְ/כֶ֛ם אֲנִ֥י עֹשֶׂ֖ה בֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל כִּ֤י אִם לְ/שֵׁם קָדְשִׁ/י֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר חִלַּלְתֶּ֔ם בַּ/גּוֹיִ֖ם אֲשֶׁר בָּ֥אתֶם שָֽׁם
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
20 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2814The sanctification of his name among the nations depends inseparably on our life and our prayer: We ask God to hallow his name, which by its own holiness saves and makes holy all creation .... It is this name that gives salvation to a lost world. But we ask that this name of God should be hallowed in us through our actions. For God's name is blessed when we live well, but is bl…
2. But why is it, that having mentioned Abraham, and having said that he begot Isaac, and Isaac, Jacob; and not having made any mention of his brother; when he has come to Jacob, he remembers both Judah, and his brethren? Now there are some that say, it was because of the perverseness of Esau, and of the rest that came before. But I should not say this; for if it were so, how i…
Cross-references
- 2Sam 7:22 — Wherefore thou art great, O LORD God: for there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
- Deut 7:7 — The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people:
- Deut 9:5 — Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and
- Ezek 20:14 — But I wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.
- Ezek 36:32 — Not for your sakes do I this, saith the Lord GOD, be it known unto you: be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel.
- Ezek 36:32 — Not for your sakes do I this, saith the Lord GOD, be it known unto you: be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel.
- Isa 37:35 — For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.
- Isa 43:25 — I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
- Jer 14:21 — Do not abhor us, for thy name’s sake, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.
- Josh 7:9 — For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do unto thy great name?
- Ps 25:11 — For thy name’s sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.
- Ps 106:8 — Nevertheless he saved them for his name’s sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known.
- Ps 115:1 — Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth’s sake.
- Ps 115:1 — Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth’s sake.