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Ezekiel 36:21
Ezekiel 36:21 is verse 21 of Ezekiel chapter 36, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
But I had concern for My holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations to which they had gone.
King James Version
But I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the heathen, whither they went.
World English Bible
But I had respect for my holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations where they went.
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Ezekiel 36:19–23 · Berean Standard Bible
19 I dispersed them among the nations, and they were scattered throughout the lands. I judged them according to their ways and deeds.
20 And wherever they went among the nations, they profaned My holy name, because it was said of them, ‘These are the people of the LORD, yet they had to leave His land.’
21 But I had concern for My holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations to which they had gone.
22 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.
23 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.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Ezekiel 20:9But 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.
Ezekiel 20:14But 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.
Ezekiel 20:22But 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.
Deuteronomy 32:26I would have said that I would cut them to pieces and blot out their memory from mankind,
Deuteronomy 32:27if I had not dreaded the taunt of the enemy, lest their adversaries misunderstand and say: ‘Our own hand has prevailed; it was not the LORD who did all this.’”
Psalms 74:18Remember how the enemy has mocked You, O LORD, how a foolish people has spurned Your name.
Isaiah 37:35‘I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”
Isaiah 48:9For 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.