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Ezekiel 36:22

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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.

Therefore say {H559} unto the house {H1004} of Israel {H3478}, Thus saith {H559} the Lord {H136} GOD {H3069}; I do {H6213} not this for your sakes, O house {H1004} of Israel {H3478}, but for mine holy {H6944} name's {H8034} sake, which ye have profaned {H2490} among the heathen {H1471}, whither ye went {H935}.

"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.

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.

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.

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Cross-References

  • Psalms 106:8 (9 votes)

    Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known.

  • Ezekiel 36:32 (8 votes)

    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.

  • Psalms 115:1 (7 votes)

    ¶ Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, [and] for thy truth's sake.

  • Psalms 115:2 (7 votes)

    Wherefore should the heathen say, Where [is] now their God?

  • Deuteronomy 9:5 (5 votes)

    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.

  • Deuteronomy 9:7 (5 votes)

    ¶ Remember, [and] forget not, how thou provokedst the LORD thy God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou didst depart out of the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against the LORD.

  • Deuteronomy 7:7 (5 votes)

    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: