Verse 22

Therefore say{H559}{(H8798)} unto the house{H1004} of Israel{H3478}, Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}; I do{H6213}{(H8802)} 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}{(H8765)} among the heathen{H1471}, whither ye went{H935}{(H8804)}.

Referenced Verses

• Ezek 36:32 : 32 Not for your sakes do{H6213}{(H8802)} I this, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}, be it known{H3045}{(H8735)} unto you: be ashamed{H954}{(H8798)} and confounded{H3637}{(H8734)} for your own ways{H1870}, O house{H1004} of Israel{H3478}.
• Deut 7:7-8 : 7 The LORD{H3068} did not set his love{H2836}{(H8804)} upon you, nor choose{H977}{(H8799)} you, because ye were more{H7230} in number than any people{H5971}; for ye were the fewest{H4592} of all people{H5971}: 8 But because the LORD{H3068} loved{H160} you, and because he would keep{H8104}{(H8800)} the oath{H7621} which he had sworn{H7650}{(H8738)} unto your fathers{H1}, hath the LORD{H3068} brought you out{H3318}{(H8689)} with a mighty{H2389} hand{H3027}, and redeemed{H6299}{(H8799)} you out of the house{H1004} of bondmen{H5650}, from the hand{H3027} of Pharaoh{H6547} king{H4428} of Egypt{H4714}.
• Ps 106:8 : 8 Nevertheless he saved{H3467}{(H8686)} them for his name's{H8034} sake, that he might make his mighty power{H1369} to be known{H3045}{(H8687)}.
• Ps 115:1-2 : 1 Not unto us, O LORD{H3068}, not unto us, but unto thy name{H8034} give{H5414}{(H8798)} glory{H3519}, for thy mercy{H2617}, and for thy truth's{H571} sake. 2 Wherefore should the heathen{H1471} say{H559}{(H8799)}, Where is now their God{H430}?
• Deut 9:5-7 : 5 Not for thy righteousness{H6666}, or for the uprightness{H3476} of thine heart{H3824}, dost thou go{H935}{(H8802)} to possess{H3423}{(H8800)} their land{H776}: but for the wickedness{H7564} of these nations{H1471} the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} doth drive them out{H3423}{(H8688)} from before{H6440} thee, and that he may perform{H6965}{(H8687)} the word{H1697} which the LORD{H3068} sware{H7650}{(H8738)} unto thy fathers{H1}, Abraham{H85}, Isaac{H3327}, and Jacob{H3290}. 6 Understand{H3045}{(H8804)} therefore, that the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} giveth{H5414}{(H8802)} thee not this good{H2896} land{H776} to possess{H3423}{(H8800)} it for thy righteousness{H6666}; for thou art a stiffnecked{H6203}{H7186} people{H5971}. 7 Remember{H2142}{(H8798)}, and forget{H7911}{(H8799)} not, how thou provokedst the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} to wrath{H7107}{(H8689)} in the wilderness{H4057}: from{H4480} the day{H3117} that thou didst depart out{H3318}{(H8804)} of the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714}, until ye came{H935}{(H8800)} unto this place{H4725}, ye have been rebellious{H4784}{(H8688)} against{H5973} the LORD{H3068}.