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I am doing it to protect my holy name, on which you brought shame while you were scattered among the nations. <a href="/esv/ezekiel/36.htm">English Standard Version</a> “Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord GOD: It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for the sake of my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations to which you came. <a href="/bsb/ezekiel/36.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Therefore tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: It is not for your sake that I will act, O house of Israel, but for My holy name, which you profaned among the nations to which you went. <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/36.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/36.htm">New King James Version</a> “Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “I do not do this for your sake, O house of Israel, but for My holy name’s sake, which you have profaned among the nations wherever you went. <a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/36.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> “Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: “It is not for your sake, house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for My holy name, which you have profaned among the nations where you went. <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/36.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Therefore say to the house of Israel, &#8216Thus says the Lord GOD, &#8220It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for My holy name, which you have profaned among the nations where you went. <a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/36.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “Therefore, say to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for My holy name, which you have profaned among the nations where you went. <a href="/lsb/ezekiel/36.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> “Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, “It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for My holy name, which you have profaned among the nations, to which you have come. <a href="/amp/ezekiel/36.htm">Amplified Bible</a> “Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for My holy name, which you have profaned among the nations where you went. <a href="/csb/ezekiel/36.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> “Therefore, say to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: It is not for your sake that I will act, house of Israel, but for my holy name, which you profaned among the nations where you went. <a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/36.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Therefore, say to the house of Israel: This is what the Lord GOD says: It is not for your sake that I will act, house of Israel, but for My holy name, which you profaned among the nations where you went. <a href="/asv/ezekiel/36.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/cev/ezekiel/36.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> so tell the Israelites that I am saying: You have disgraced my holy name among the nations where you now live. So you don't deserve what I'm going to do for you. I will lead you home to bring honor to my name <a href="/erv/ezekiel/36.htm">English Revised Version</a> Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD: I do not this for your sake, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name, which ye have profaned among the nations, whither ye went. <a href="/gwt/ezekiel/36.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> "So tell the people of Israel, 'This is what the Almighty LORD says: I am about to do something, people of Israel. I will not do this for your sake but for the sake of my holy name, which you have dishonored among the nations wherever you have gone. <a href="/gnt/ezekiel/36.htm">Good News Translation</a> "Now then, give the Israelites the message that I, the Sovereign LORD, have for them: What I am going to do is not for the sake of you Israelites, but for the sake of my holy name, which you have disgraced in every country where you have gone. <a href="/isv/ezekiel/36.htm">International Standard Version</a> "Therefore tell the house of Israel, 'This is what the Lord GOD says: "I'm not about to act for your sake, you house of Israel, but for the sake of my holy reputation, which you have been defiling throughout all of the nations where you've gone. <a href="/msb/ezekiel/36.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Therefore tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: It is not for your sake that I will act, O house of Israel, but for My holy name, which you profaned among the nations to which you went. <a href="/net/ezekiel/36.htm">NET Bible</a> "Therefore say to the house of Israel, 'This is what the sovereign LORD says: It is not for your sake that I am about to act, O house of Israel, but for the sake of my holy reputation which you profaned among the nations where you went. <a href="/nheb/ezekiel/36.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> "Therefore tell the house of Israel, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "I do not do this for your sake, house of Israel, but for my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations, where you went. <a href="/wbt/ezekiel/36.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for my holy name's sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went. <a href="/web/ezekiel/36.htm">World English Bible</a> “Therefore tell the house of Israel, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “I don’t do this for your sake, house of Israel, but for my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations where you went. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/36.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Therefore, say to the house of Israel, Thus said Lord YHWH: I am not working for your sake, "" O house of Israel, but for My holy Name "" That you have defiled "" Among the nations to where you have gone in. <a href="/ylt/ezekiel/36.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Therefore, say to the house of Israel, Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Not for your sake am I working, O house of Israel, But -- for My holy name, That ye have polluted among nations whither ye have gone in. <a href="/slt/ezekiel/36.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> For this, say to the house of Israel, Thus said the Lord Jehovah: I do not for your sake, O house of Israel, but for my holy name which ye profaned among the nations where ye went there.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/ezekiel/36.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Therefore thou shalt say to the house of Israel: Thus saith the Lord God: It is not for your sake that I will do this, O house of Israel, but for my holy name's sake, which you have profaned among the nations whither you went. <a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/36.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> For 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. <a href="/nabre/ezekiel/36.htm">New American Bible</a> Therefore say to the house of Israel: Thus says the Lord GOD: Not for your sake do I act, house of Israel, but for the sake of my holy name, which you desecrated among the nations to which you came. <a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/36.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord GOD: It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for the sake of my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations to which you came.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/36.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the LORD God: It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am doing this; but for my holy name's sake, which you have profaned among the Gentiles, whither you went. <a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/36.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Because of this, say to them of the house of Israel: ‘Thus says THE LORD OF LORDS: it is not because of you I act, house of Israel, but because of The Name of my holiness, which you have defiled among the Gentiles, to whom you went<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/ezekiel/36.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Therefore say unto the house of Israel: Thus saith the Lord GOD: 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 came. <a href="/sep/ezekiel/36.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord; I do not this, O house of Israel, for your sakes, but because of my holy name, which ye have profaned among the nations, among whom ye went. <a href="/parallel/ezekiel/36-22.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=10715" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/36.htm">A New Heart and Spirit</a> …21But I had concern for My holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations to which they had gone. 22<a href="/hebrew/3651.htm" title="3651: lā·ḵên (Adv) -- So, thus. From kuwn; properly, set upright; hence just; but usually rightly or so.">Therefore</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: ’ĕ·mōr (V-Qal-Imp-ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">tell</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: lə·ḇêṯ- (Prep-l:: N-msc) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">the house</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">of Israel</a> <a href="/hebrew/3541.htm" title="3541: kōh (Adv) -- Thus, here. From the prefix k and huw'; properly, like this, i.e. By implication, thus; also here; or now.">that this is what</a> <a href="/hebrew/136.htm" title="136: ’ă·ḏō·nāy (N-proper-ms) -- Lord. Am emphatic form of 'adown; the Lord.">the Lord</a> <a href="/hebrew/3069.htm" title="3069: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- YHWH. A variation of Yhovah.">GOD</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: ’ā·mar (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">says:</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">It is not</a> <a href="/hebrew/4616.htm" title="4616: lə·ma·‘an·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- From anah; properly, heed, i.e. Purpose; used only adverbially, on account of, teleologically, in order that.">for your sake</a> <a href="/hebrew/589.htm" title="589: ’ă·nî (Pro-1cs) -- I. Contracted from 'anokiy; I.">that I</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ō·śeh (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">will act,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: bêṯ (N-msc) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">O house</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">of Israel,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">but</a> <a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: ’im- (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!"></a> <a href="/hebrew/6944.htm" title="6944: qāḏ·šî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- Apartness, sacredness. From qadash; a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity.">for My holy</a> <a href="/hebrew/8034.htm" title="8034: lə·šêm- (Prep-l:: N-msc) -- A primitive word; an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character.">name,</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">which</a> <a href="/hebrew/2490.htm" title="2490: ḥil·lal·tem (V-Piel-Perf-2mp) -- A primitive root; properly, to bore, i.e. to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane, to break, to begin; denom. to play.">you profaned</a> <a href="/hebrew/1471.htm" title="1471: bag·gō·w·yim (Prep-b, Art:: N-mp) -- Rarely goy; apparently from the same root as gevah; a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts.">among the nations</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">to which</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: bā·ṯem (V-Qal-Perf-2mp) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">you went.</a> <a href="/hebrew/8033.htm" title="8033: šām (Adv) -- There, thither. A primitive particle; there then; often thither, or thence."></a> 23I will show the holiness of My great name, which has been profaned among the nations—the name you have profaned among them. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD, declares the Lord GOD, when I show My holiness in you before their eyes.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/isaiah/48-9.htm">Isaiah 48:9-11</a> For the sake of My name I will delay My wrath; for the sake of My praise I will restrain it, so that you will not be cut off. / See, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction. / For My own sake, My very own sake, I will act; for how can I let Myself be defamed? I will not yield My glory to another. <a href="/ezekiel/20-9.htm">Ezekiel 20:9</a> But I acted for the sake of My name, that it should not be profaned in the eyes of the nations among whom they were living, in whose sight I had revealed Myself to Israel by bringing them out of the land of Egypt. <a href="/ezekiel/20-14.htm">Ezekiel 20:14</a> But I acted for the sake of My name, so that it would not be profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out. <a href="/ezekiel/20-22.htm">Ezekiel 20:22</a> But I withheld My hand and acted for the sake of My name, so that it would not be profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out. <a href="/ezekiel/39-7.htm">Ezekiel 39:7</a> So I will make My holy name known among My people Israel and will no longer allow it to be profaned. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel. <a href="/isaiah/43-25.htm">Isaiah 43:25</a> I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more. <a href="/isaiah/37-35.htm">Isaiah 37:35</a> ‘I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’” <a href="/jeremiah/14-7.htm">Jeremiah 14:7</a> Although our iniquities testify against us, O LORD, act for the sake of Your name. Indeed, our rebellions are many; we have sinned against You. <a href="/psalms/106-8.htm">Psalm 106:8</a> Yet He saved them for the sake of His name, to make His power known. <a href="/daniel/9-19.htm">Daniel 9:19</a> O Lord, listen! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, hear and act! For Your sake, O my God, do not delay, because Your city and Your people bear Your name.” <a href="/isaiah/52-5.htm">Isaiah 52:5</a> And now what have I here? declares the LORD. For My people have been taken without cause; those who rule them taunt, declares the LORD, and My name is blasphemed continually all day long. <a href="/isaiah/63-12.htm">Isaiah 63:12-14</a> who sent His glorious arm to lead them by the right hand of Moses, who divided the waters before them to gain for Himself everlasting renown, / who led them through the depths like a horse in the wilderness, so that they did not stumble? / Like cattle going down to the valley, the Spirit of the LORD gave them rest. You led Your people this way to make for Yourself a glorious name. <a href="/1_samuel/12-22.htm">1 Samuel 12:22</a> Indeed, for the sake of His great name, the LORD will not abandon His people, because He was pleased to make you His own. <a href="/2_kings/19-34.htm">2 Kings 19:34</a> I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’” <a href="/2_kings/20-6.htm">2 Kings 20:6</a> I will add fifteen years to your life. And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for My sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Therefore say to the house of Israel, thus said the Lord GOD; I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for my holy name's sake, which you have profaned among the heathen, where you went.<a href="/ezekiel/36-32.htm">Ezekiel 36:32</a> 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.<a href="/deuteronomy/7-7.htm">Deuteronomy 7:7,8</a> 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: … <a href="/deuteronomy/9-5.htm">Deuteronomy 9:5-7</a> 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 that he may perform the word which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/36-21.htm">Heathen</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-21.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-21.htm">House</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-21.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-44.htm">Name's</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-21.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-21.htm">Profaned</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-17.htm">Sake</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-8.htm">Sakes</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-21.htm">Whither</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/36-23.htm">Heathen</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-23.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-32.htm">House</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-32.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/matthew/10-22.htm">Name's</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-23.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-23.htm">Profaned</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-32.htm">Sake</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-32.htm">Sakes</a> <a href="/ezekiel/37-21.htm">Whither</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 36</div>1. <a href="/ezekiel/36-1.htm">The land of Israel is comforted, by destruction of the heathen, who spitefully used it</a> 8. <a href="/ezekiel/36-8.htm">and by the blessings of God promised unto it</a> 16. <a href="/ezekiel/36-16.htm">Israel was rejected for their sin</a> 21. <a href="/ezekiel/36-21.htm">and shall be restored without their desert</a> 25. <a href="/ezekiel/36-25.htm">The blessings of Christ's kingdom</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/36.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/ezekiel/36.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Therefore tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: This phrase establishes the authority of the message. The prophet Ezekiel is instructed to communicate God's words directly to the Israelites. This reflects the role of prophets as God's messengers, a common theme throughout the Old Testament. The phrase "Lord GOD" emphasizes the sovereignty and ultimate authority of God, a reminder of His covenant relationship with Israel.It is not for your sake that I will act, O house of Israel: Here, God clarifies His motivation for action. The Israelites, in exile due to their disobedience, might expect divine intervention for their benefit. However, God makes it clear that His actions are not primarily for their sake. This underscores the concept of grace, where God's actions are not based on human merit but on His own purposes and character.but for My holy name: God's primary concern is the sanctity and reputation of His name. In biblical times, a name represented one's character and reputation. God's name is holy, set apart, and His actions aim to uphold His holiness. This reflects the broader biblical theme of God's desire for His name to be revered and honored among all nations.which you profaned among the nations to which you went: The Israelites' behavior in exile had brought dishonor to God's name. "Profaned" indicates that they had treated what was sacred as common, failing to live according to God's standards. This phrase highlights the impact of Israel's disobedience not only on themselves but also on God's reputation among the surrounding nations. It serves as a reminder of the responsibility of God's people to reflect His holiness in their conduct.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_house_of_israel.htm">The House of Israel</a> Refers to the people of Israel, God's chosen nation, who were in exile due to their disobedience and idolatry. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord_god.htm">The Lord GOD (Yahweh Elohim)</a> The sovereign and covenant-keeping God of Israel, emphasizing His authority and holiness. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_nations.htm">The Nations</a> The surrounding Gentile nations among whom Israel was scattered, witnessing Israel's behavior and God's response. 4. <a href="/topical/p/profaning_god's_name.htm">Profaning God's Name</a> The act of dishonoring or defiling God's holy name through disobedience and idolatry, leading to a misrepresentation of God's character to the nations. 5. <a href="/topical/r/restoration_of_god's_name.htm">Restoration of God's Name</a> God's initiative to restore His holy name, demonstrating His righteousness and faithfulness, independent of Israel's merit.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_holiness_and_reputation.htm">God's Holiness and Reputation</a> God's actions are motivated by His desire to uphold His holy name. Our lives should reflect His holiness to honor His reputation. <a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_disobedience.htm">The Consequences of Disobedience</a> Israel's disobedience led to the profaning of God's name. We must be mindful of how our actions reflect on God's character to others. <a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereign_initiative.htm">God's Sovereign Initiative</a> God acts for His name's sake, independent of human merit. This reminds us of His grace and the importance of relying on His righteousness. <a href="/topical/w/witness_to_the_nations.htm">Witness to the Nations</a> Our conduct as believers serves as a testimony to the world. We are called to live in a way that draws others to God, not away from Him. <a href="/topical/r/restoration_and_hope.htm">Restoration and Hope</a> Despite Israel's failure, God promises restoration for His name's sake. This gives us hope that God can redeem and restore us despite our shortcomings.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_36.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 36</a> <a href="/q/how_can_ezekiel_36's_land_promise_occur.htm">How could the promise of a renewed land in Ezekiel 36 realistically occur on such a large scale when historical and archaeological evidence seems sparse?</a> <a href="/q/how_do_major_and_minor_prophets_differ.htm">What distinguishes Major from Minor Prophets?</a> <a href="/q/how_does_god's_love_persist_despite_israel.htm">How does God's love endure despite Israel's unfaithfulness?</a> <a href="/q/how_reconcile_god's_promise_with_israel's_exiles.htm">How do we reconcile God’s promise never to forsake Israel (Deut. 31:6) with the nation’s repeated historical exiles and oppressions? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/36.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(22) Not . . . for your sakes, . . . but for mine holy name's sake.--Comp. Exod. xxxii; Numbers 14; Deuteronomy 9. This is the constant burden of God's teaching to His people throughout their history. Hence it is an idle objection to the Scripture narrative that it represents Israel as the favourite of heaven, and is thus just like the human legends of every other ancient nation. In fact, this narrative is unlike any other. It speaks of God as having chosen one nation as the means of accomplishing His purpose for the salvation of the whole world, but continually chastising them for their sins, again and again setting aside the mass of them, and restoring and purifying and blessing a remnant, not for their own sake, but for the accomplishment of His own holy purpose and promise, thus sanctifying His name.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/36.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 22. - Not for your sakes... but for mine holy Name's sake. Thus Jehovah repudiates the claim of merit on Israel's part (comp. ver. 32); and if Israel had no claim on Jehovah for deliverance from the Babylonish exile any more than she had at first to be put in possession of Canaan (<a href="/deuteronomy/9-6.htm">Deuteronomy 9:6</a>), much less has fallen man a claim on God for salvation from the condemnation and dominion of sin (<a href="/romans/11-6.htm">Romans 11:6</a>; <a href="/ephesians/2-8.htm">Ephesians 2:8-10</a>). As the essential holiness and righteousness of God were the real reason of Israel's exile and dispersion among the nations, so were these qualities in God the ultimate grounds to which Israel's recovery and restoration should be traced. <a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/36-22.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Therefore, לָכֵ֞ן (lā·ḵên) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3651.htm">Strong's 3651: </a> So -- thus tell אֱמֹ֣ר (’ĕ·mōr) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say the house לְבֵֽית־ (lə·ḇêṯ-) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> A house of Israel יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc that this is what כֹּ֤ה (kōh) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3541.htm">Strong's 3541: </a> Like this, thus, here, now the Lord אֲדֹנָ֣י (’ă·ḏō·nāy) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_136.htm">Strong's 136: </a> The Lord GOD יְהוִ֔ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3069.htm">Strong's 3069: </a> YHWH says: אָמַר֙ (’ā·mar) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say ‘It is not לֹ֧א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no for your sake לְמַעַנְכֶ֛ם (lə·ma·‘an·ḵem) Preposition | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4616.htm">Strong's 4616: </a> Purpose -- intent that I אֲנִ֥י (’ă·nî) Pronoun - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_589.htm">Strong's 589: </a> I will act, עֹשֶׂ֖ה (‘ō·śeh) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> To do, make O house בֵּ֣ית (bêṯ) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> A house of Israel, יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc but כִּ֤י (kî) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction for My holy קָדְשִׁי֙ (qāḏ·šî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6944.htm">Strong's 6944: </a> A sacred place, thing, sanctity name, לְשֵׁם־ (lə·šêm-) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8034.htm">Strong's 8034: </a> A name which אֲשֶׁ֣ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that you profaned חִלַּלְתֶּ֔ם (ḥil·lal·tem) Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2490.htm">Strong's 2490: </a> To bore, to wound, to dissolve, to profane, to break, to begin, to play among the nations בַּגּוֹיִ֖ם (bag·gō·w·yim) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1471.htm">Strong's 1471: </a> A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts to which אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that you went. בָּ֥אתֶם (bā·ṯem) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> To come in, come, go in, go <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/36-22.htm">Ezekiel 36:22 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/ezekiel/36-22.htm">Ezekiel 36:22 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/ezekiel/36-22.htm">Ezekiel 36:22 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/36-22.htm">Ezekiel 36:22 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/36-22.htm">Ezekiel 36:22 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/36-22.htm">Ezekiel 36:22 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/36-22.htm">Ezekiel 36:22 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/36-22.htm">Ezekiel 36:22 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/36-22.htm">Ezekiel 36:22 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/ezekiel/36-22.htm">Ezekiel 36:22 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-22.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 36:22 Therefore tell the house of Israel Thus (Ezek. 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