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Ezekiel 36:22
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20 When they came to the nations, wherever they went, they aprofaned My holy name—when they said of them, ‘These are the people of the Lord, and yet they have gone out of His land.’  
21 But I had concern afor My holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations wherever they went.  
22 “Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “I do not do this for your sake, O house of Israel, abut for My holy name’s sake, which you have profaned among the nations wherever you went.  
23 And I will sanctify My great name, which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in their midst; and the nations shall know that I am the Lord,” says the Lord God, “when I am ahallowed in you before their eyes.  
24 For aI will take you from among the nations, gather you out of all countries, and bring you into your own land.  
25 aThen I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean; I will cleanse you bfrom all your filthiness and from all your idols.  
26 I will give you a anew heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.  
27 I will put My aSpirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them.  
28 aThen you shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; byou shall be My people, and I will be your God.  
29 I will adeliver you from all your uncleannesses. bI will call for the grain and multiply it, and cbring no famine upon you.  
30 aAnd I will multiply the fruit of your trees and the increase of your fields, so that you need never again bear the reproach of famine among the nations.  
31 Then ayou will remember your evil ways and your deeds that were not good; and you bwill loathe yourselves in your own sight, for your iniquities and your abominations.  
32 aNot for your sake do I do this,” says the Lord God, “let it be known to you. Be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel!”  
33 ‘Thus says the Lord God: “On the day that I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will also enable you to dwell in the cities, aand the ruins shall be rebuilt.  
34 The desolate land shall be tilled instead of lying desolate in the sight of all who pass by.
35 So they will say, ‘This land that was desolate has become like the garden of aEden; and the wasted, desolate, and ruined cities are now fortified and inhabited.’  
36 Then the nations which are left all around you shall know that I, the Lord, have rebuilt the ruined places and planted what was desolate. aI, the Lord, have spoken it, and I will do it.”  
37 ‘Thus says the Lord God: a“I will also let the house of Israel inquire of Me to do this for them: I will bincrease their men like a flock.  
38 Like a flock offered as holy sacrifices, like the flock at Jerusalem on its2 feast days, so shall the ruined cities be filled with flocks of men. Then they shall know that I am the Lord.” ’ ” 
Verse Comparison: Ezekiel 36:22

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American Standard Version
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.

Amplified® Bible
Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: I do not do this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for My holy name's sake, which you have profaned among the nations to which you went.

Contemporary English Version
so tell the Israelites that I am saying: You have disgraced my holy name among the nations where you now live. So you don't deserve what I'm going to do for you. I will lead you home to bring honor to my name

Darby English Version
Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for my holy name, which ye have profaned among the nations whither ye went.

Good News Bible
"Now then, give the Israelites the message that I, the Sovereign LORD, have for them: What I am going to do is not for the sake of you Israelites, but for the sake of my holy name, which you have disgraced in every country where you have gone.

King James 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.

New American Standard Bible
"Therefore say to the house of Israel, `Thus says the Lord GOD, "It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for My holy name, which you have profaned among the nations where you went.

New International Version
"Therefore say to the house of Israel, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am going to do these things, but for the sake of my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations where you have gone.

New King James Version
“Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “I do not do this for your sake, O house of Israel, but for My holy name’s sake, which you have profaned among the nations wherever you went.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Therefore say to the house of Israel, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, " I do not act for your sake, O house of Israel, but for My holy name, which you have profaned among the nations where you went.

Revised Standard Version
"Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord GOD: It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for the sake of my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations to which you came.

Young's Literal Translation
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.


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