Ezekiel 20:14

World English Bible (2000)

But I worked for my name's sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I brought them out.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ezek 20:9 : 9 But I worked for my name's sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, among which they were, in whose sight I made myself known to them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.
  • Ezek 20:22 : 22 Nevertheless I withdrew my hand, and worked for my name's sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I brought them forth.
  • Ezek 36:22-23 : 22 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. 23 I will sanctify my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in the midst of them; and the nations shall know that I am Yahweh, says the Lord Yahweh, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.
  • Eph 1:6 : 6 to the praise of the glory of his grace, by which he freely bestowed favor on us in the Beloved,
  • Eph 1:12 : 12 to the end that we should be to the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ:

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  • Ezek 20:6-10
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    93%

    6in that day I swore to them, to bring them forth out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands.

    7I said to them, Cast away every man the abominations of his eyes, and don't defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt; I am Yahweh your God.

    8But they rebelled against me, and would not listen to me; they did not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt. Then I said I would pour out my wrath on them, to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.

    9But I worked for my name's sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, among which they were, in whose sight I made myself known to them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.

    10So I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness.

  • Ezek 20:20-24
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    20and make my Sabbaths holy; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that you may know that I am Yahweh your God.

    21But the children rebelled against me; they didn't walk in my statutes, neither kept my ordinances to do them, which if a man do, he shall live in them; they profaned my Sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out my wrath on them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness.

    22Nevertheless I withdrew my hand, and worked for my name's sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I brought them forth.

    23Moreover I swore to them in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the nations, and disperse them through the countries;

    24because they had not executed my ordinances, but had rejected my statutes, and had profaned my Sabbaths, and their eyes were after their fathers' idols.

  • Ezek 36:18-23
    6 verses
    81%

    18Therefore I poured out my wrath on them for the blood which they had poured out on the land, and because they had defiled it with their idols;

    19and I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according to their doings I judged them.

    20When they came to the nations, where they went, they profaned my holy name; in that men said of them, These are the people of Yahweh, and are gone forth out of his land.

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

    22Therefore 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.

    23I will sanctify my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in the midst of them; and the nations shall know that I am Yahweh, says the Lord Yahweh, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.

  • Ezek 20:15-18
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    80%

    15Moreover also I swore to them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands;

    16because they rejected my ordinances, and didn't walk in my statutes, and profaned my Sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.

    17Nevertheless my eye spared them, and I didn't destroy them, neither did I make a full end of them in the wilderness.

    18I said to their children in the wilderness, Don't walk in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their ordinances, nor defile yourselves with their idols.

  • Ezek 20:12-13
    2 verses
    78%

    12Moreover also I gave them my Sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am Yahweh who sanctifies them.

    13But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they didn't walk in my statutes, and they rejected my ordinances, which if a man keep, he shall live in them; and my Sabbaths they greatly profaned. Then I said I would pour out my wrath on them in the wilderness, to consume them.

  • Isa 48:11
    78%

    11For my own sake, for my own sake, will I do it; for how should [my name] be profaned? and my glory I will not give to another.

  • Ezek 20:44
    76%

    44You shall know that I am Yahweh, when I have dealt with you for my name's sake, not according to your evil ways, nor according to your corrupt doings, you house of Israel, says the Lord Yahweh.

  • Ezek 39:7
    74%

    7My holy name will I make known in the midst of my people Israel; neither will I allow my holy name to be profaned any more: and the nations shall know that I am Yahweh, the Holy One in Israel.

  • Lev 26:45
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    45but I will for their sake remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations, that I might be their God. I am Yahweh.'"

  • Isa 48:9
    74%

    9For my name's sake will I defer my anger, and for my praise will I refrain for you, that I not cut you off.

  • Ps 106:8
    72%

    8Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power known.

  • Jer 2:7
    72%

    7I brought you into a plentiful land, to eat its fruit and its goodness; but when you entered, you defiled my land, and made my heritage an abomination.

  • Ezek 14:11
    72%

    11that the house of Israel may go no more astray from me, neither defile themselves any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be my people, and I may be their God, says the Lord Yahweh.

  • 2 Chr 7:20
    72%

    20then I will pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have made holy for my name, I will cast out of my sight, and I will make it a proverb and a byword among all peoples.

  • Lev 22:32
    72%

    32You shall not profane my holy name, but I will be made holy among the children of Israel. I am Yahweh who makes you holy,

  • Ezek 39:24-25
    2 verses
    72%

    24According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions did I to them; and I hid my face from them.

    25Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: Now will I bring back the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy on the whole house of Israel; and I will be jealous for my holy name.

  • Lev 20:23
    71%

    23You shall not walk in the customs of the nation, which I am casting out before you: for they did all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.

  • Ezek 20:34
    71%

    34and I will bring you out from the peoples, and will gather you out of the countries in which you are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with wrath poured out;

  • Exod 9:16
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    16but indeed for this cause I have made you stand: to show you my power, and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth;

  • Num 14:22
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    22because all those men who have seen my glory, and my signs, which I worked in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have tempted me these ten times, and have not listened to my voice;

  • Ezek 36:32
    71%

    32Nor for your sake do I [this], says the Lord Yahweh, be it known to you: be ashamed and confounded for your ways, house of Israel.

  • Deut 9:28
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    28lest the land you brought us out from say, 'Because Yahweh was not able to bring them into the land which he promised to them, and because he hated them, he has brought them out to kill them in the wilderness.'

  • Jer 7:14
    70%

    14therefore will I do to the house which is called by my name, in which you trust, and to the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I did to Shiloh.

  • Ezek 39:27
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    27when I have brought them back from the peoples, and gathered them out of their enemies' lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations.

  • Ezek 43:8
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    8in their setting of their threshold by my threshold, and their doorpost beside my doorpost, and there was [but] the wall between me and them; and they have defiled my holy name by their abominations which they have committed: therefore I have consumed them in my anger.

  • Ezek 20:28
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    28For when I had brought them into the land, which I swore to give to them, then they saw every high hill, and every thick tree, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation of their offering; there also they made their pleasant aroma, and they poured out there their drink offerings.

  • Ezek 20:38
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    38and I will purge out from among you the rebels, and those who disobey against me; I will bring them forth out of the land where they live, but they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and you shall know that I am Yahweh.

  • Deut 9:14
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    14let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under the sky; and I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they."

  • Jer 13:11
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    11For as the belt clings to the waist of a man, so have I caused to cling to me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, says Yahweh; that they may be to me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not hear.

  • Isa 52:5
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    5"Now therefore, what do I here," says Yahweh, "seeing that my people are taken away for nothing? those who rule over them mock," says Yahweh, "and my name continually all the day is blasphemed.

  • Ezek 5:14
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    14Moreover I will make you a desolation and a reproach among the nations that are around you, in the sight of all that pass by.

  • Ezek 20:42
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    42You shall know that I am Yahweh, when I shall bring you into the land of Israel, into the country which I swore to give to your fathers.