Ezekiel 36:22

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Therefore, say to the house of Israel: 'This is what the Lord GOD says: It is not for your sake that I am about to act, house of Israel, but for the sake of my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations where you have gone.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says 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 nations, wherever you went.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    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.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    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.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Therfore tell ye house of Israel: Thus saieth the LORDE God: I do not this for yor sakes (O house of Israel) but for my holy names sake, which ye dishonoured amoge the Heithen, when ye came to them.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Therfore say vnto the house of Israel, Thus saith ye Lord God, I doe not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy Names sake, which yee polluted among the heathen whither ye went.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Therfore tel the house of Israel, thus saith the Lorde God: I do not this for your sakes O house of Israel, but for my holy names sake which ye dishonoured among the heathen where ye came.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Therefore tell the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: I don't do [this] for your sake, house of Israel, but for my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations, where you went.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Therefore, say to the house of Israel, Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Not for your sake am I working, O house of Israel, But -- for My holy name, That ye have polluted among nations whither ye have gone in.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    For this cause say to the children of Israel, This is what the Lord has said: I am doing this, not because of you, O children of Israel, but because of my holy name, which you have made unclean among the nations wherever you went.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Therefore tell the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: I don't do [this] for your sake, house of Israel, but for my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations, where you went.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    “Therefore say to the house of Israel,‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: It is not for your sake that I am about to act, O house of Israel, but for the sake of my holy reputation which you profaned among the nations where you went.

Referenced Verses

  • Ezek 36:32 : 32 I am not doing this for your sake, declares the Lord GOD. Be ashamed and humiliated for your conduct, O house of Israel!
  • Deut 7:7-8 : 7 The LORD did not set His affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples. 8 But because the LORD loved you and kept the oath He swore to your ancestors, He brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
  • Ps 106:8 : 8 Yet He saved them for His name’s sake, to make His mighty power known.
  • Ps 115:1-2 : 1 Not to us, Lord, not to us, but to Your name, give glory because of Your steadfast love and faithfulness. 2 Why should the nations say, 'Where is their God?
  • Deut 9:5-7 : 5 It is not because of your righteousness or the uprightness of your heart that you are entering to take possession of their land, but it is because of the wickedness of these nations that the LORD your God is driving them out before you, and to fulfill the promise the LORD swore to your ancestors—to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. 6 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. 7 Remember and do not forget how you provoked the LORD your God to anger in the wilderness. From the day you left the land of Egypt until you arrived at this place, you have been rebellious against the LORD.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Ezek 36:20-21
    2 verses
    89%

    20And wherever they went among the nations, they profaned my holy name, for it was said about them, 'These are the LORD's people, yet they had to leave his land.'

    21But I had concern for my holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations where they had gone.

  • Ezek 36:23-24
    2 verses
    85%

    23I will sanctify my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, the name you have defiled among them. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD, declares the Lord GOD, when I prove myself holy through you in their sight.

    24I will take you from the nations and gather you from all the lands, and I will bring you back into your own land.

  • Ezek 36:32
    84%

    32I am not doing this for your sake, declares the Lord GOD. Be ashamed and humiliated for your conduct, O house of Israel!

  • Ezek 39:7
    81%

    7'I will make my holy name known among my people Israel, and I will no longer allow my holy name to be profaned. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.'

  • Ezek 20:44
    81%

    44Then you will know that I am the LORD when I deal with you for the sake of my name, not according to your evil ways or your corrupt practices, house of Israel, declares the Sovereign LORD.

  • Ezek 20:13-14
    2 verses
    80%

    13But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness. They did not follow my statutes and rejected my ordinances—though by them a person will live if they do them—and they greatly profaned my Sabbaths. So I said I would pour out my wrath on them in the wilderness to destroy them.

    14But I acted for the sake of my name, to keep it from being profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.

  • Lev 22:32
    77%

    32Do not profane My holy name, for I must be regarded as holy among the Israelites. I am the LORD, who makes you holy.

  • Ezek 20:9
    77%

    9But I acted for the sake of my name, to keep it from being profaned in the eyes of the nations among whom they lived and where I had made myself known to them by bringing them out of Egypt.

  • Ezek 36:15-18
    4 verses
    77%

    15I will no longer let you hear the insults of the nations or bear the scorn of the peoples, nor will you cause your nation to stumble anymore, declares the Lord GOD.

    16The word of the LORD came to me, saying:

    17'Son of man, when the house of Israel lived in their own land, they defiled it with their conduct and actions. Their way was as unclean as a woman's impurity in my sight.

    18So I poured out my wrath on them because of the blood they had shed on the land and because they had defiled it with their idols.

  • Ezek 20:22
    76%

    22But I withdrew my hand and acted for the sake of my name, to keep it from being profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I had brought them out.

  • Ezek 14:11
    76%

    11Then the house of Israel will no longer stray from me or defile themselves with all their transgressions. They will be my people, and I will be their God, declares the Sovereign LORD.

  • Isa 48:11
    76%

    11For My own sake—yes, for My own sake—I will act. For how can My name be defiled? I will not give My glory to another.

  • Ezek 20:39
    76%

    39As for you, house of Israel, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Go and serve your idols, every one of you! But afterward, you will surely listen to me and no longer profane my holy name with your gifts and idols.

  • Ezek 39:24-25
    2 verses
    75%

    24I dealt with them according to their uncleanness and their transgressions, and I hid my face from them.

    25Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: Now I will restore the fortunes of Jacob and have compassion on the whole house of Israel, and I will be zealous for my holy name.

  • Ezek 6:10
    74%

    10And they will know that I am the LORD; I did not warn about bringing this disaster on them without cause.

  • Ezek 39:22
    73%

    22From that day forward, the house of Israel will know that I am the LORD their God.

  • Ezek 36:5-7
    3 verses
    73%

    5Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: Surely in my burning zeal I have spoken against the remnants of the nations and against Edom, who with glee and utter contempt claimed my land as their own possession, plundering its pasturelands.

    6Therefore, prophesy concerning the land of Israel and say to the mountains and hills, to the streams and valleys: ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: I am speaking in my jealous anger because you have endured the scorn of the nations.’

    7Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: 'I have raised my hand in an oath: Surely the nations that surround you will endure their own shame.'

  • Ezek 28:25
    73%

    25This is what the Lord GOD says: When I gather the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they have been scattered, I will be shown as holy through them in the sight of the nations. Then they will live in their own land, which I gave to My servant Jacob.

  • Ezek 14:5-6
    2 verses
    73%

    5So that I may seize the house of Israel by their hearts, because they have all turned away from me through their idols.

    6Therefore, say to the house of Israel, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Repent and turn away from your idols and turn your faces away from all your detestable practices.'

  • Ezek 37:28
    73%

    28Then the nations will know that I, the Lord, make Israel holy, when My sanctuary is among them forever.

  • Ezek 20:30-31
    2 verses
    73%

    30Therefore, say to the house of Israel: 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Will you defile yourselves the way your fathers did and lust after their detestable things?'

    31When you offer your gifts and make your children pass through the fire, you defile yourselves with all your idols to this day. Shall I let you inquire of me, house of Israel? As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, I will not let you inquire of me.

  • Ezek 43:7-8
    2 verses
    72%

    7He said to me, 'Son of man, this is the place of my throne and the place where the soles of my feet will rest, where I will dwell among the people of Israel forever. The house of Israel will no longer defile my holy name, neither they nor their kings, by their prostitution or the corpses of their kings at their high places.'

    8When they placed their threshold next to my threshold and their doorposts beside my doorposts, with only a wall between me and them, they defiled my holy name by their detestable practices. So I consumed them in my anger.

  • Ezek 38:23
    72%

    23Thus I will show my greatness and my holiness, and I will make myself known in the sight of many nations. Then they will know that I am the LORD.

  • Ezek 11:12
    72%

    12Then you will know that I am the Lord, for you have not followed My statutes or kept My judgments, but instead you have conformed to the judgments of the nations around you.

  • Ezek 22:16
    72%

    16You will be profaned in yourself before the eyes of the nations, and you will know that I am the LORD.

  • Ezek 34:30
    72%

    30Then they will know that I, the LORD their God, am with them, and that they are My people—the house of Israel, declares the Lord GOD.

  • Ezek 29:16
    72%

    16It will no longer be a source of confidence for the house of Israel, bringing their guilt to mind when they turn to Egypt for help. Then they will know that I am the Lord GOD.

  • Ezek 39:29
    72%

    29And I will no longer hide my face from them, for I have poured out my Spirit on the house of Israel, declares the Sovereign LORD.

  • Ezek 24:14
    72%

    14I, the Lord, have spoken. It will come to pass, and I will act. I will not relent, I will not show pity, nor will I change my mind. According to your ways and your deeds, you will be judged, declares the Lord God.

  • Ezek 20:27
    72%

    27Therefore, speak to the house of Israel, son of man, and say to them, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Yet in this, your fathers blasphemed me by acting treacherously against me.'

  • Isa 48:9
    72%

    9For the sake of My name, I delay My wrath; for My praise, I restrain it for you, so as not to cut you off.

  • Lev 22:2
    72%

    2Speak to Aaron and his sons and command them to separate themselves from the holy things of the people of Israel, so that they do not profane My holy name by what they dedicate to Me. I am the LORD.

  • Ezek 11:16
    71%

    16Therefore say: This is what the Lord God says: Although I have sent them far away among the nations and scattered them among the countries, yet I have been a sanctuary for them for a little while in the lands to which they have gone.

  • Ezek 44:6
    71%

    6And say to the rebellious house of Israel, 'This is what the Lord GOD says: Enough of all your abominations, O house of Israel!'

  • Ezek 5:11
    71%

    11Therefore, as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable things and abominations, I Myself will withdraw. My eye will not spare, and I will show no pity.

  • Jer 13:11
    71%

    11For as the waistband clings to the waist of a man, so I made the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah cling to me,' declares the LORD, 'to be my people, my renown, my praise, and my glory. But they would not listen.'

  • Lev 26:45
    71%

    45For their sake, I will remember the covenant with their ancestors, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations to be their God: I am the LORD.

  • Ezek 36:3
    71%

    3therefore, prophesy and say, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: Because they have devastated and surrounded you, making you a possession for the remnants of the nations, and because you have become the object of people’s talk and gossip,’