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Then the nations will know that I am the LORD, declares the Sovereign LORD, when I am proved holy through you before their eyes. <a href="/nlt/ezekiel/36.htm">New Living Translation</a> I will show how holy my great name is—the name on which you brought shame among the nations. And when I reveal my holiness through you before their very eyes, says the Sovereign LORD, then the nations will know that I am the LORD. <a href="/esv/ezekiel/36.htm">English Standard Version</a> And I will vindicate the holiness of my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, and which you have profaned among them. And the nations will know that I am the LORD, declares the Lord GOD, when through you I vindicate my holiness before their eyes. <a href="/bsb/ezekiel/36.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> I 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. <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/36.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/36.htm">New King James Version</a> And I will sanctify My great name, which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in their midst; and the nations shall know that I am the LORD,” says the Lord GOD, “when I am hallowed in you before their eyes. <a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/36.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> And I will vindicate the holiness of My great name which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned among them. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD,” declares the Lord GOD, “when I show Myself holy among you in their sight. <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/36.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220I will vindicate the holiness of My great name which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in their midst. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD,&#8221 declares the Lord GOD, &#8220when I prove Myself holy among you in their sight. <a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/36.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “And I will vindicate the holiness of My great name which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in their midst. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD,” declares the Lord GOD, “when I prove Myself holy among you in their sight. <a href="/lsb/ezekiel/36.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> I will prove the holiness of My great name which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in their midst. Then the nations will know that I am Yahweh,” declares Lord Yahweh, “when I prove Myself holy among you in their sight. <a href="/amp/ezekiel/36.htm">Amplified Bible</a> I will vindicate the holiness of My great name which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned among them. Then the nations will know [without any doubt] that I am the LORD,” says the Lord GOD, “when I prove Myself holy among you in their sight. <a href="/csb/ezekiel/36.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> I will honor the holiness of my great name, which has been profaned among the nations—the name you have profaned among them. The nations will know that I am the LORD—this is the declaration of the Lord GOD—when I demonstrate my holiness through you in their sight. <a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/36.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> I will honor the holiness of My great name, which has been profaned among the nations—the name you have profaned among them. The nations will know that I am Yahweh"—the declaration of the Lord GOD—"when I demonstrate My holiness through you in their sight.&#8221 <a href="/asv/ezekiel/36.htm">American Standard Version</a> And I will sanctify my great name, which hath been profaned among the nations, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the nations shall know that I am Jehovah, saith the Lord Jehovah, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes. <a href="/cev/ezekiel/36.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> and to show foreign nations that I am holy. Then they will know that I am the LORD God. I have spoken. <a href="/erv/ezekiel/36.htm">English Revised Version</a> And I will sanctify my great name, which hath been profaned among the nations, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the nations shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes. <a href="/gwt/ezekiel/36.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> I will reveal the holiness of my great name, which has been dishonored by the nations, [the name] that you have dishonored among them. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD, because I will reveal my holiness among you as they watch, declares the Almighty LORD. <a href="/gnt/ezekiel/36.htm">Good News Translation</a> When I demonstrate to the nations the holiness of my great name--the name you disgraced among them--then they will know that I am the LORD. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken. I will use you to show the nations that I am holy. <a href="/isv/ezekiel/36.htm">International Standard Version</a> I'm going to affirm my great reputation that has been defiled among the nations (that is, that you have defiled in their midst), and those people will learn that I am the LORD," declares the Lord GOD, "when I affirm my holiness in front of their very eyes. <a href="/msb/ezekiel/36.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> I 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. <a href="/net/ezekiel/36.htm">NET Bible</a> I will magnify my great name that has been profaned among the nations, that you have profaned among them. The nations will know that I am the LORD, declares the sovereign LORD, when I magnify myself among you in their sight. <a href="/nheb/ezekiel/36.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> I will sanctify my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in their midst; and the nations shall know that I am the LORD," says the Lord GOD, "when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes. <a href="/wbt/ezekiel/36.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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. <a href="/web/ezekiel/36.htm">World English Bible</a> I will sanctify my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned among them. Then the nations will know that I am Yahweh,” says the Lord Yahweh, “when I am proven holy in you before their eyes. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/36.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And I have sanctified My great Name, "" That is profaned among the nations, "" That you have defiled in your midst, "" And the nations have known that I [am] YHWH, "" A declaration of Lord YHWH, "" In My being sanctified in you before your eyes. <a href="/ylt/ezekiel/36.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And I have sanctified My great name, That is profaned among nations, That ye have polluted in your midst, And known have the nations that I am Jehovah, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, In My being sanctified in you before your eyes. <a href="/slt/ezekiel/36.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And I consecrated my great name, being profaned among the nations which ye profaned, in the midst of them; and the nations shall know that I am Jehovah, says the Lord Jehovah, in my being consecrated among you before your eyes.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/ezekiel/36.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the Gentiles, which you have profaned in the midst of them: that the Gentiles may know that I am the Lord, saith the Lord of hosts, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes. <a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/36.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And I will sanctify my great name, which was defiled among the Gentiles, which you have defiled in their midst. So may the Gentiles know that I am the Lord, says the Lord of hosts, when I will have been sanctified in you, before their eyes. <a href="/nabre/ezekiel/36.htm">New American Bible</a> But I will show the holiness of my great name, desecrated among the nations, in whose midst you desecrated it. Then the nations shall know that I am the LORD—oracle of the Lord GOD—when through you I show my holiness before their very eyes. <a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/36.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> I will sanctify my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, and which you have profaned among them; and the nations shall know that I am the LORD, says the Lord GOD, when through you I display my holiness before their eyes.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/36.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> So that I may sanctify my great name, which has been profaned among the Gentiles, which you have caused to be profaned among them; and the Gentiles shall know that I am the LORD, says the LORD God, when my name shall be sanctified in you before their eyes. <a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/36.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> For I shall hallow my great name which is defiled among the nations, which you have defiled among them, and the nations shall know that I AM LORD JEHOVAH, says THE LORD OF LORDS, whenever I am hallowed among you in their sight<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/ezekiel/36.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And I will sanctify My great name, which hath been profaned among the nations, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the nations shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes. <a href="/sep/ezekiel/36.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the nations, which ye profaned in the midst of them; and the nations shall know that I am the Lord, when I am sanctified among you before their eyes. <a href="/parallel/ezekiel/36-23.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=10732" 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> …22Therefore 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. 23<a href="/hebrew/6942.htm" title="6942: wə·qid·daš·tî (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConjPerf-1cs) -- To be set apart or consecrated. A primitive root; to be clean.">I will show the holiness</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1419.htm" title="1419: hag·gā·ḏō·wl (Art:: Adj-ms) -- Great. Or gadol; from gadal; great; hence, older; also insolent.">of My great</a> <a href="/hebrew/8034.htm" title="8034: šə·mî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- A primitive word; an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character.">name,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2490.htm" title="2490: ham·ḥul·lāl (Art:: V-Pual-Prtcpl-ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to bore, i.e. to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane, to break, to begin; denom. to play.">which has been 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.">the name</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 have profaned</a> <a href="/hebrew/8432.htm" title="8432: bə·ṯō·w·ḵām (Prep-b:: N-msc:: 3mp) -- Midst. From an unused root meaning to sever; a bisection, i.e. the centre.">among them.</a> <a href="/hebrew/1471.htm" title="1471: hag·gō·w·yim (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.">Then the nations</a> <a href="/hebrew/3045.htm" title="3045: wə·yā·ḏə·‘ū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- A primitive root; to know; used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially.">will know</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/589.htm" title="589: ’ă·nî (Pro-1cs) -- I. Contracted from 'anokiy; I.">I</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">am the LORD,</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/6942.htm" title="6942: bə·hiq·qā·ḏə·šî (Prep-b:: V-Nifal-Inf:: 1cs) -- To be set apart or consecrated. A primitive root; to be clean.">when I show My holiness</a> <a href="/hebrew/ḇā·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- ">in you</a> <a href="/hebrew/5869.htm" title="5869: lə·‘ê·nê·hem (Prep-l:: N-cdc:: 3mp) -- An eye. Probably a primitive word; an eye; by analogy, a fountain.">before their eyes.</a> 24For I will take you from among the nations and gather you out of all the countries, and I will bring you back into your own land.…<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/52-10.htm">Isaiah 52:10</a> The LORD has bared His holy arm in the sight of all the nations; all the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God. <a href="/isaiah/48-11.htm">Isaiah 48:11</a> 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/20-41.htm">Ezekiel 20:41</a> When I bring you from the peoples and gather you from the lands to which you have been scattered, I will accept you as a pleasing aroma. And I will show My holiness through you in the sight of the nations. <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="/ezekiel/38-23.htm">Ezekiel 38:23</a> I will magnify and sanctify Myself, and I will reveal Myself in the sight of many nations. Then they will know that I am the LORD. <a href="/leviticus/22-32.htm">Leviticus 22:32</a> You must not profane My holy name. I must be acknowledged as holy among the Israelites. I am the LORD who sanctifies you, <a href="/malachi/1-11.htm">Malachi 1:11</a> For My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name, because My name will be great among the nations,” says the LORD of Hosts. <a href="/psalms/46-10.htm">Psalm 46:10</a> “Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted over the earth.” <a href="/isaiah/60-21.htm">Isaiah 60:21</a> Then all your people will be righteous; they will possess the land forever; they are the branch of My planting, the work of My hands, so that I may be glorified. <a href="/jeremiah/33-9.htm">Jeremiah 33:9</a> So this city will bring Me renown, joy, praise, and glory before all the nations of the earth, who will hear of all the good I do for it. They will tremble in awe because of all the goodness and prosperity that I will provide for it. <a href="/matthew/6-9.htm">Matthew 6:9</a> So then, this is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name. <a href="/john/17-6.htm">John 17:6</a> I have revealed Your name to those You have given Me out of the world. They were Yours; You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word. <a href="/john/12-28.htm">John 12:28</a> Father, glorify Your name!” Then a voice came from heaven: “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.” <a href="/romans/2-24.htm">Romans 2:24</a> As it is written: “God’s name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.” <a href="/1_peter/2-12.htm">1 Peter 2:12</a> Conduct yourselves with such honor among the Gentiles that, though they slander you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day He visits us.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which you have profaned in the middle of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, said the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.sanctify<a href="/ezekiel/20-41.htm">Ezekiel 20:41</a> I will accept you with your sweet savour, when I bring you out from the people, and gather you out of the countries wherein ye have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you before the heathen.<a href="/ezekiel/38-22.htm">Ezekiel 38:22,23</a> And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone… <a href="/numbers/20-12.htm">Numbers 20:12,13</a> And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them… and the heathen<a href="/ezekiel/39-28.htm">Ezekiel 39:28</a> Then shall they know that I am the LORD their God, which caused them to be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered them unto their own land, and have left none of them any more there.<a href="/exodus/15-4.htm">Exodus 15:4-16</a> Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: his chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea… <a href="/psalms/102-13.htm">Psalm 102:13-16</a> Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come… when I shall<a href="/ezekiel/28-22.htm">Ezekiel 28:22</a> And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Zidon; and I will be glorified in the midst of thee: and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall have executed judgments in her, and shall be sanctified in her.<a href="/1_peter/2-9.htm">1 Peter 2:9</a> But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:their.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/35-11.htm">Clear</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-15.htm">Declares</a> <a href="/ezekiel/33-25.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/ezekiel/35-13.htm">Great</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-20.htm">Hallow</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-22.htm">Hallowed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-22.htm">Heathen</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-22.htm">Holiness</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-22.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-24.htm">Midst</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-22.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-21.htm">Polluted</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-22.htm">Profaned</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-41.htm">Prove</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-25.htm">Sanctified</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-20.htm">Sanctify</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-25.htm">Sight</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-21.htm">Unclean</a> <a href="/psalms/135-14.htm">Vindicate</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/36-32.htm">Clear</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-32.htm">Declares</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-34.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/ezekiel/37-2.htm">Great</a> <a href="/ezekiel/37-28.htm">Hallow</a> <a href="/ezekiel/48-11.htm">Hallowed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-24.htm">Heathen</a> <a href="/ezekiel/38-23.htm">Holiness</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-38.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-26.htm">Midst</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-24.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/hosea/6-8.htm">Polluted</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-7.htm">Profaned</a> <a href="/daniel/1-12.htm">Prove</a> <a href="/ezekiel/38-16.htm">Sanctified</a> <a href="/ezekiel/37-28.htm">Sanctify</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-31.htm">Sight</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-25.htm">Unclean</a> <a href="/luke/18-3.htm">Vindicate</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'; 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In biblical times, a name represented one's identity and authority. God's name being "great" signifies His supreme power and sovereignty. The holiness of His name reflects His purity, righteousness, and separateness from sin. This declaration is a response to the desecration of His name by His people, Israel, and serves as a promise of restoration and divine intervention. The holiness of God's name is a recurring theme in Scripture, seen in passages like <a href="/isaiah/48-11.htm">Isaiah 48:11</a>, where God acts for the sake of His name.which has been profaned among the nations The profaning of God's name among the nations refers to the actions and behaviors of the Israelites that led to God's name being disrespected and dishonored. This occurred when Israel, chosen to be a light to the nations, failed to uphold God's laws and commandments, leading to their exile. The nations viewed Israel's defeat and exile as a reflection of their God's weakness. This phrase highlights the importance of God's people living in a way that honors Him, as seen in <a href="/leviticus/22-32.htm">Leviticus 22:32</a>, where God commands His people not to profane His holy name.the name you have profaned among them This part of the verse directly addresses the Israelites, holding them accountable for their actions that led to the profanation of God's name. It underscores the covenant relationship between God and Israel, where Israel's disobedience and idolatry brought shame to God's name. The historical context includes Israel's repeated failure to remain faithful to God, leading to their punishment and exile. This serves as a reminder of the responsibility of God's people to uphold His name through their conduct, as seen in <a href="/deuteronomy/28-58.htm">Deuteronomy 28:58-59</a>.Then the nations will know that I am the LORD This phrase points to the ultimate purpose of God's actions: to reveal His identity and sovereignty to all nations. The acknowledgment of God as the LORD (Yahweh) by the nations signifies a recognition of His supreme authority and power. This is a fulfillment of God's promise to make Himself known to the world, as seen in <a href="/exodus/9-16.htm">Exodus 9:16</a>, where God declares His intention to show His power and proclaim His name throughout the earth. It also foreshadows the universal recognition of God in the eschatological future, as prophesied in <a href="/isaiah/45-23.htm">Isaiah 45:23</a>.declares the Lord GOD This declaration emphasizes the authority and certainty of the message. The use of "Lord GOD" (Adonai Yahweh) combines the titles of God's sovereignty and covenant faithfulness. It assures the fulfillment of His promises and the execution of His divine will. This phrase is often used in prophetic literature to underscore the seriousness and divine origin of the message, as seen throughout the book of Ezekiel.when I show My holiness in you before their eyes God's holiness will be demonstrated through the transformation and restoration of His people, Israel. This transformation will serve as a testimony to the nations of God's power and faithfulness. The phrase "before their eyes" indicates a public and undeniable display of God's work, leading to the recognition of His holiness. This transformation is a type of the redemptive work of Jesus Christ, who through His life, death, and resurrection, revealed God's holiness and provided a way for humanity to be restored to a right relationship with God. This concept is echoed in the New Testament, where believers are called to be holy as God is holy (<a href="/1_peter/1-15.htm">1 Peter 1:15-16</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a> A prophet during the Babylonian exile, tasked with delivering God's messages to the Israelites. 2. <a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a> The people of God who were in exile due to their disobedience and idolatry. 3. <a href="/topical/n/nations.htm">Nations</a> Refers to the Gentile nations surrounding Israel, who witnessed Israel's unfaithfulness and God's subsequent judgment. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (YHWH)</a> The covenant name of God, emphasizing His eternal, self-existent nature and His relationship with Israel. 5. <a href="/topical/b/babylonian_exile.htm">Babylonian Exile</a> The period when the Israelites were taken captive by Babylon, serving as a backdrop for Ezekiel's prophecies.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_holiness_and_reputation.htm">God's Holiness and Reputation</a> God's primary concern is the sanctity of His name. Our actions as believers should reflect His holiness and not bring dishonor to His name. <a href="/topical/r/restoration_and_witness.htm">Restoration and Witness</a> God's plan to restore Israel is not just for their benefit but to demonstrate His holiness to the nations. Our lives should be a testimony to God's transformative power. <a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_renewal.htm">Repentance and Renewal</a> The Israelites' profaning of God's name required repentance. Similarly, we must turn from actions that dishonor God and seek His renewal. <a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty.htm">God's Sovereignty</a> Despite Israel's failures, God remains sovereign and will accomplish His purposes. Trust in God's ability to work through our weaknesses. <a href="/topical/l/living_as_a_light.htm">Living as a Light</a> Just as Israel was called to be a light to the nations, Christians are called to live in a way that draws others to God.<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/key_themes_in_ezekiel's_life.htm">What are the key themes in Ezekiel's life story?</a> <a href="/q/do_non-biblical_sources_support_ezekiel_23.htm">Do any ancient sources outside the Bible corroborate the nations' interventions described in Ezekiel 23, or is the account solely a theological narrative?</a> <a href="/q/what's_the_lord's_prayer's_meaning.htm">What is the meaning of the Lord's Prayer?</a> <a href="/q/why_is_god_both_merciful_and_vengeful.htm">What explains the apparent inconsistency between God's merciful nature elsewhere and the violent retribution depicted in Ezekiel 23:22-27?</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>(23) Before their eyes.--The Hebrew text as it stands has your eyes, as in the margin. Many manuscripts and other authorities have their. Either of them admits of an excellent sense; but the reading your brings out the important truth that God must first be sanctified in the eyes of the people themselves by their repentance and moral reformation, and then, through them and the consequent blessing upon them, He will be sanctified in the eyes of the heathen also.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/36.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 23. - I will sanctify my great Name; i.e. the name of my holiness (<a href="/deuteronomy/28-58.htm">Deuteronomy 28:58</a>; <a href="/psalms/8-1.htm">Psalm 8:1</a>; <a href="/malachi/1-11.htm">Malachi 1:11</a>). As Israel's dispersion had caused that Name to be profaned, so Israel's restoration would secure that it should be magnified among the heathen (<a href="/ezekiel/38-23.htm">Ezekiel 38:23</a>), who should learn from this event that their previous ideas of Jehovah, as a feeble and local divinity, had been wrong. The question whether your eyes, as in the Hebrew text, or "their eyes," as in many ancient versions, should be read is debated. The latter reading appears to be demanded by the usus loquendi of Ezekiel (see <a href="/ezekiel/20-41.htm">Ezekiel 20:41</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/28-25.htm">Ezekiel 28:25</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/38-16.htm">Ezekiel 38:16</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/39-27.htm">Ezekiel 39:27</a>), and is adopted by both English versions as well as by interpreters of eminence; but other expositors of equal name adhere to the former reading on the ground that the sanctifying of Jehovah's Name in the eyes of Israel was an indispensable preliminary to its sanctification in the eyes of the heathen. Havernick regards "their eyes" as "an obvious emendation to relieve a difficulty," to which in no case should criticism accord the preference; while Keil gives it the preference, though admitting that "your eyes" can be justified. <a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/36-23.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>I will show the holiness וְקִדַּשְׁתִּ֞י (wə·qid·daš·tî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6942.htm">Strong's 6942: </a> To be set apart or consecrated of My great הַגָּד֗וֹל (hag·gā·ḏō·wl) Article | Adjective - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1419.htm">Strong's 1419: </a> Great, older, insolent name, שְׁמִ֣י (šə·mî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8034.htm">Strong's 8034: </a> A name which has been profaned הַֽמְחֻלָּל֙ (ham·ḥul·lāl) Article | Verb - Pual - Participle - masculine singular <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— בַּגּוֹיִ֔ם (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 the name אֲשֶׁ֥ר (’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 have profaned חִלַּלְתֶּ֖ם (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 them. בְּתוֹכָ֑ם (bə·ṯō·w·ḵām) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8432.htm">Strong's 8432: </a> A bisection, the centre Then the nations הַגּוֹיִ֜ם (hag·gō·w·yim) 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 will know וְיָדְע֨וּ (wə·yā·ḏə·‘ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3045.htm">Strong's 3045: </a> To know that כִּי־ (kî-) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction I אֲנִ֣י (’ă·nî) Pronoun - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_589.htm">Strong's 589: </a> I am the LORD, יְהוָ֗ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel declares נְאֻם֙ (nə·’um) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5002.htm">Strong's 5002: </a> An oracle 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 when I show My holiness בְּהִקָּדְשִׁ֥י (bə·hiq·qā·ḏə·šî) Preposition-b | Verb - Nifal - Infinitive construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6942.htm">Strong's 6942: </a> To be set apart or consecrated in you בָכֶ֖ם (ḇā·ḵem) Preposition | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> before their eyes. לְעֵינֵיהֶֽם׃ (lə·‘ê·nê·hem) Preposition-l | Noun - cdc | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5869.htm">Strong's 5869: </a> An eye, a fountain <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/36-23.htm">Ezekiel 36:23 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/ezekiel/36-23.htm">Ezekiel 36:23 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/ezekiel/36-23.htm">Ezekiel 36:23 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/36-23.htm">Ezekiel 36:23 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/36-23.htm">Ezekiel 36:23 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/36-23.htm">Ezekiel 36:23 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/36-23.htm">Ezekiel 36:23 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/36-23.htm">Ezekiel 36:23 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/36-23.htm">Ezekiel 36:23 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/ezekiel/36-23.htm">Ezekiel 36:23 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-23.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 36:23 I will sanctify my great name which (Ezek. 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