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Be ashamed and disgraced for your conduct, people of Israel!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/36.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />But remember, says the Sovereign LORD, I am not doing this because you deserve it. O my people of Israel, you should be utterly ashamed of all you have done!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/ezekiel/36.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />It is not for your sake that I will act, declares the Lord GOD; let that be known to you. Be ashamed and confounded for your ways, O house of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/36.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />It is not for your sake that I will act, declares the Lord GOD—let it be known to you. Be ashamed and disgraced for your ways, O house of Israel!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/36.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Not for your sakes do I <i>this</i>, saith the Lord GOD, be it known unto you: be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/36.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Not for your sake do I do <i>this,</i>” says the Lord GOD, “let it be known to you. Be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/36.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />I am not doing <i>this</i> for your sake,” declares the Lord GOD; “let <i>that</i> be known to you. Be ashamed and humiliated for your ways, house of Israel!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/36.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220I am not doing this for your sake,&#8221 declares the Lord GOD, &#8220let it be known to you. Be ashamed and confounded for your ways, O house of Israel!&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/36.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“I am not doing <i>this</i> for your sake,” declares the Lord GOD, “let it be known to you. Be ashamed and confounded for your ways, O house of Israel!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/36.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />I am not doing <i>this</i> for your sake,” declares Lord Yahweh, “let it be known to you. Be ashamed and feel dishonor for your ways, O house of Israel!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/36.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />I am not doing this for your sake,” says the Lord GOD. “Let that be known to you. Be ashamed and humiliated for your [wicked] ways, O house of Israel!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/36.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />It is not for your sake that I will act —this is the declaration of the Lord GOD—let this be known to you. Be ashamed and humiliated because of your ways, house of Israel!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/36.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />It is not for your sake that I will act"—the declaration of the Lord GOD—"let this be known to you. Be ashamed and humiliated because of your ways, house of Israel!&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/36.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Nor for your sake do I this, saith the Lord Jehovah, be it known unto you: be ashamed and confounded for your ways, O house of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezekiel/36.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />People of Israel, I'm not doing these things for your sake. You sinned against me, and you must suffer shame and disgrace for what you have done. I, the LORD God, have spoken. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/36.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Not for your sake do I this, saith the Lord GOD, be it known unto you: be ashamed and confounded for your ways, O house of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/36.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />I want you to know that I'm not doing this for your sake, declares the Almighty LORD. Be ashamed and disgraced because of your ways, people of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/36.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Israel, I want you to know that I am not doing all this for your sake. I want you to feel the shame and disgrace of what you are doing. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/36.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />I won't be doing any of this for your sake," declares the Lord GOD, "so keep that in mind. Be ashamed and frustrated because of your behavior, you house of Israel!"'"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/36.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />It is not for your sake that I will act, declares the Lord GOD?let it be known to you. Be ashamed and disgraced for your ways, O house of Israel!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/36.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Understand that it is not for your sake I am about to act, declares the sovereign LORD. Be ashamed and embarrassed by your behavior, O house of Israel. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/36.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Nor for your sake do I this," says the Lord GOD, "be it known to you: be ashamed and confounded for your ways, house of Israel."'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/36.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Not for your sakes do I this, saith the Lord GOD, be it known to you: be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/36.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />I don’t do this for your sake,” says the Lord Yahweh. “Let it be known to you. Be ashamed and confounded for your ways, house of Israel.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/36.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />I am not working for your sake, "" A declaration of Lord YHWH, "" Be it known to you, "" Be ashamed and confounded, because of your ways, "" O house of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/36.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Not for your sake am I working, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, Be it known to you, Be ashamed and confounded, because of your ways, O house of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezekiel/36.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />I did not for your sakes, says the Lord Jehovah, it shall be known to you: be ashamed and be disgraced for your ways, O house of Israel.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/36.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />It is not for your sakes that I will do this, saith the Lord God, be it known to you: be confounded, and ashamed at your own ways, O house of Israel. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/36.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />It is not for your sakes that I will act, says the Lord God; let this be known to you. Be confounded and ashamed over your own ways, O house of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/36.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Not for your sake do I act—oracle of the Lord GOD. Let this be known to you! Be ashamed and humbled because of your behavior, house of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/36.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />It is not for your sake that I will act, says the Lord GOD; let that be known to you. Be ashamed and dismayed for your ways, O house of Israel.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/36.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />But you must know, it is not for your sake that I am doing these things, says the LORD God; now be ashamed and refrain from your evil ways, that you may not die, O house of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/36.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And know that it is not because of you that I do these things, says THE LORD OF LORDS. Be ashamed and restrain yourselves from your evil ways, and you shall not die, those of the house of Israel<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezekiel/36.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Not for your sake do I this, saith the Lord GOD, be it known unto you; be ashamed and confounded for your ways, O house of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/36.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Not for your sakes do I <i>this</i>, saith the Lord God, <i>as</i> it is known to you: be ye ashamed and confounded for your ways, O house of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/36-32.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=10831" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/36.htm">A New Heart and Spirit</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">31</span>Then you will remember your evil ways and wicked deeds, and you will loathe yourselves for your iniquities and abominations. <span class="reftext">32</span><span class="highl"><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/5002.htm" title="5002: nə·’um (N-msc) -- Utterance. From na'am; an oracle.">declares</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/3045.htm" title="3045: yiw·wā·ḏa‘ (V-Nifal-Imperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to know; used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially.">let it be known</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- ">to you.</a> <a href="/hebrew/954.htm" title="954: bō·wō·šū (V-Qal-Imp-mp) -- To be ashamed. A primitive root; properly, to pale, i.e. By implication to be ashamed; also to be disappointed or delayed.">Be ashamed</a> <a href="/hebrew/3637.htm" title="3637: wə·hik·kā·lə·mū (Conj-w:: V-Nifal-Imp-mp) -- To be humiliated. A primitive root; properly, to wound; but only figuratively, to taunt or insult.">and disgraced</a> <a href="/hebrew/1870.htm" title="1870: mid·dar·ḵê·ḵem (Prep-m:: N-cpc:: 2mp) -- Way, road, distance, journey, manner. From darak; a road; figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb.">for your ways,</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> </span><span class="reftext">33</span>This is what the Lord GOD says: On the day I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will cause the cities to be resettled and the ruins to be rebuilt.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/48-11.htm">Isaiah 48:11</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/9-4.htm">Deuteronomy 9:4-6</a></span><br />When the LORD your God has driven them out before you, do not say in your heart, “Because of my righteousness the LORD has brought me in to possess this land.” Rather, the LORD is driving out these nations before you because of their wickedness. / It is not because of your righteousness or uprightness of heart that you are going in to possess their land, but it is because of their wickedness that the LORD your God is driving out these nations before you, to keep the promise He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. / Understand, then, that it is not because of your righteousness that the LORD your God is giving you this good land to possess, for you are a stiff-necked people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/43-25.htm">Isaiah 43:25</a></span><br />I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/64-6.htm">Isaiah 64:6</a></span><br />Each of us has become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/11-6.htm">Romans 11:6</a></span><br />And if it is by grace, then it is no longer by works. Otherwise, grace would no longer be grace.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/titus/3-5.htm">Titus 3:5</a></span><br />He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/2-8.htm">Ephesians 2:8-9</a></span><br />For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God, / not by works, so that no one can boast.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/31-33.htm">Jeremiah 31:33-34</a></span><br />“But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people. / No longer will each man teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/14-7.htm">Jeremiah 14:7</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/9-18.htm">Daniel 9:18-19</a></span><br />Incline Your ear, O my God, and hear; open Your eyes and see the desolation of the city that bears Your name. For we are not presenting our petitions before You because of our righteous acts, but because of Your great compassion. / 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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-29.htm">1 Corinthians 1:29-31</a></span><br />so that no one may boast in His presence. / It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption. / Therefore, as it is written: “Let him who boasts boast in the Lord.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/philippians/2-13.htm">Philippians 2:13</a></span><br />For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/3-27.htm">Romans 3:27-28</a></span><br />Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. On what principle? On that of works? No, but on that of faith. / For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the law.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/9-16.htm">Romans 9:16</a></span><br />So then, it does not depend on man’s desire or effort, but on God’s mercy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_timothy/1-9.htm">2 Timothy 1:9</a></span><br />He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Not for your sakes do I this, said the Lord GOD, be it known to you: be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel.</p><p class="hdg">for your</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/36-22.htm">Ezekiel 36:22</a></b></br> Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I do not <i>this</i> for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name's sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/9-5.htm">Deuteronomy 9:5</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/daniel/9-18.htm">Daniel 9:18,19</a></b></br> O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies… </p><p class="hdg">be ashamed</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/16-63.htm">Ezekiel 16:63</a></b></br> That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord GOD.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezra/9-6.htm">Ezra 9:6</a></b></br> And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over <i>our</i> head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/romans/6-21.htm">Romans 6:21</a></b></br> What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things <i>is</i> death.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/25-14.htm">Act</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-14.htm">Affirmation</a> <a href="/ezekiel/32-30.htm">Ashamed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-21.htm">Children</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-23.htm">Clear</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-63.htm">Confounded</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-23.htm">Declares</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-51.htm">Disgraced</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-22.htm">House</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-22.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-16.htm">Low</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-22.htm">Sake</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-22.htm">Sakes</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-30.htm">Shamed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-15.htm">Sovereign</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-5.htm">Want</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-31.htm">Ways</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-25.htm">Working</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/44-24.htm">Act</a> <a href="/ezekiel/37-14.htm">Affirmation</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-10.htm">Ashamed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-37.htm">Children</a> <a href="/ezekiel/37-18.htm">Clear</a> <a href="/daniel/5-9.htm">Confounded</a> <a href="/ezekiel/37-14.htm">Declares</a> <a href="/hosea/10-6.htm">Disgraced</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-37.htm">House</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-37.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/matthew/12-25.htm">Low</a> <a href="/daniel/9-17.htm">Sake</a> <a href="/daniel/2-30.htm">Sakes</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-10.htm">Shamed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-33.htm">Sovereign</a> <a href="/daniel/2-3.htm">Want</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-24.htm">Ways</a> <a href="/ezekiel/46-1.htm">Working</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 36</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/36-1.htm">The land of Israel is comforted, by destruction of the heathen, who spitefully used it</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/36-8.htm">and by the blessings of God promised unto it</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/36-16.htm">Israel was rejected for their sin</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/36-21.htm">and shall be restored without their desert</a></span><br><span class="reftext">25. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/36-25.htm">The blessings of Christ's kingdom</a></span><br></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><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <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> <br /><br /> </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><b>It is not for your sake that I will act, declares the Lord GOD—</b><br>This phrase emphasizes God's sovereignty and the primary motivation for His actions. The context is the restoration of Israel, but God clarifies that His actions are not due to Israel's merit. This reflects a recurring biblical theme where God acts for the sake of His name and glory (<a href="/ezekiel/20-44.htm">Ezekiel 20:44</a>, <a href="/isaiah/48-11.htm">Isaiah 48:11</a>). It underscores the idea that God's covenantal faithfulness is rooted in His character rather than human righteousness.<p><b>let it be known to you.</b><br>This serves as a direct address to the Israelites, ensuring they understand the reason behind God's actions. It is a call to recognize and acknowledge God's sovereignty and purposes. This phrase can be seen as a reminder of the importance of understanding God's intentions and the broader narrative of His redemptive plan.<p><b>Be ashamed and disgraced for your ways, O house of Israel!</b><br>Here, God calls Israel to a posture of repentance and humility. The historical context involves Israel's repeated disobedience and idolatry, which led to their exile. This call to shame and disgrace is not merely punitive but is intended to lead to genuine repentance and transformation. It echoes the prophetic tradition of calling God's people to recognize their sinfulness (<a href="/jeremiah/3-25.htm">Jeremiah 3:25</a>, <a href="/daniel/9-7.htm">Daniel 9:7-8</a>). Theologically, it points to the need for a contrite heart, which is a recurring theme in Scripture (<a href="/psalms/51-17.htm">Psalm 51:17</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a></b><br>A prophet during the Babylonian exile, Ezekiel conveyed God's messages to the Israelites, emphasizing both judgment and restoration.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/h/house_of_israel.htm">House of Israel</a></b><br>Refers to the collective people of Israel, who were in exile due to their disobedience and idolatry.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/b/babylonian_exile.htm">Babylonian Exile</a></b><br>A period when the Israelites were taken captive by Babylon, serving as a backdrop for Ezekiel's prophecies.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord_god.htm">The Lord GOD</a></b><br>The sovereign and holy God of Israel, who acts according to His purposes and for His glory.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/r/restoration_of_israel.htm">Restoration of Israel</a></b><br>A theme in <a href="/bsb/ezekiel/36.htm">Ezekiel 36</a>, where God promises to restore Israel not because of their merit but for His holy name.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_glory.htm">God's Sovereignty and Glory</a></b><br>God's actions are ultimately for His glory. We must recognize His sovereignty and align our lives to honor Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_humility.htm">Repentance and Humility</a></b><br>The call to be ashamed and disgraced for past ways is a call to genuine repentance and humility before God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness.htm">God's Faithfulness</a></b><br>Despite Israel's unfaithfulness, God remains faithful to His promises. This encourages us to trust in His steadfast love and faithfulness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/purpose_of_restoration.htm">Purpose of Restoration</a></b><br>God's restoration is not based on our merit but on His grace. We are restored to reflect His holiness and declare His glory.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/living_for_god's_name.htm">Living for God's Name</a></b><br>As believers, our lives should be a testament to God's name, living in a way that honors and glorifies Him.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_36.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 36</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_is_transformation_spiritual_renewal.htm">How does transformation reflect spiritual renewal in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible_books'_order.htm">What is the order of the Bible's books?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_1_sam_2_30-36_contradict_ezekiel_18.htm">In 1 Samuel 2:30-36, God pronounces judgment on Eli's family--does this contradict later scriptural teachings on individual accountability (e.g., Ezekiel 18)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_are_biblical_reasons_for_divorce.htm">What does executing great judgment mean in Ezekiel 25:11?</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>(32) <span class= "bld">Not for your sakes.--</span>See <a href="/ezekiel/36-22.htm" title="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.">Ezekiel 36:22</a>.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/36.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 32</span> repeats and emphasizes the thought of ver. 22, that the true ground of God's gracious dealing with Israel should be found, not in their merit, but in his grace. So far as their ways were concerned, there was cause only for judgment on his part and self-humiliation on theirs. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/36-32.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">It is not</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹ֧א</span> <span class="translit">(lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for your sake</span><br /><span class="heb">לְמַעַנְכֶ֣ם</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ma·‘an·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4616.htm">Strong's 4616: </a> </span><span class="str2">Purpose -- intent</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that I</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲנִֽי־</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·nî-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_589.htm">Strong's 589: </a> </span><span class="str2">I</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will act,</span><br /><span class="heb">עֹשֶׂ֗ה</span> <span class="translit">(‘ō·śeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">declares</span><br /><span class="heb">נְאֻם֙</span> <span class="translit">(nə·’um)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5002.htm">Strong's 5002: </a> </span><span class="str2">An oracle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the Lord</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲדֹנָ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·ḏō·nāy)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_136.htm">Strong's 136: </a> </span><span class="str2">The Lord</span><br /><br /><span class="word">GOD—</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוִ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3069.htm">Strong's 3069: </a> </span><span class="str2">YHWH</span><br /><br /><span class="word">let it be known</span><br /><span class="heb">יִוָּדַ֖ע</span> <span class="translit">(yiw·wā·ḏa‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3045.htm">Strong's 3045: </a> </span><span class="str2">To know</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to you.</span><br /><span class="heb">לָכֶ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(lā·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">Be ashamed</span><br /><span class="heb">בּ֧וֹשׁוּ</span> <span class="translit">(bō·wō·šū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_954.htm">Strong's 954: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pale, to be ashamed, to be disappointed, delayed</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and disgraced</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהִכָּלְמ֛וּ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hik·kā·lə·mū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Imperative - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3637.htm">Strong's 3637: </a> </span><span class="str2">To wound, to taunt, insult</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for your own ways,</span><br /><span class="heb">מִדַּרְכֵיכֶ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(mid·dar·ḵê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1870.htm">Strong's 1870: </a> </span><span class="str2">A road, a course of life, mode of action</span><br /><br /><span class="word">O house</span><br /><span class="heb">בֵּ֥ית</span> <span class="translit">(bêṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> </span><span class="str2">A house</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Israel!’</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃</span> <span class="translit">(yiś·rā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/36-32.htm">Ezekiel 36:32 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/36-32.htm">Ezekiel 36:32 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/36-32.htm">Ezekiel 36:32 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/36-32.htm">Ezekiel 36:32 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/36-32.htm">Ezekiel 36:32 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/36-32.htm">Ezekiel 36:32 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/36-32.htm">Ezekiel 36:32 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/36-32.htm">Ezekiel 36:32 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/36-32.htm">Ezekiel 36:32 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/36-32.htm">Ezekiel 36:32 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/36-32.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 36:32 Nor for your sake do I this (Ezek. 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