Israel's Sin and God's Holy Name

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The word of ADONAI came to me:

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"Human being, when the house of Isra'el lived in their own land, they defiled it by their manner of life and their actions; their way before me was like the uncleanness of niddah.

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Therefore I poured out my fury on them, because of the blood they had shed in the land and because they defiled it with their idols.

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I scattered them among the nations and dispersed them throughout the countries; I judged them in keeping with their manner of life and actions.

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When they came to the nations they were going to, they profaned my holy name; so that people said of them, 'These are ADONAI's people, who have been exiled from his land.'

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But I am concerned about my holy name, which the house of Isra'el is profaning among the nations where they have gone.

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"Therefore tell the house of Isra'el that Adonai ELOHIM says this: 'I am not going to do this for your sake, house of Isra'el, but for the sake of my holy name, which you have been profaning among the nations where you went.

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I will set apart my great name to be regarded as holy, since it has been profaned in the nations - you profaned it among them. The nations will know that I am ADONAI,' says Adonai ELOHIM, 'when, before their eyes, I am set apart through you to be regarded as holy.

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