King James Version
Ezekiel 36:21 in the King James Version says “But I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the heathen, whither they went.” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 36 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“But I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the heathen, whither they went.”
Ezekiel 36:21 · KJV
And I scattered them among the heathen, and they were dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according to their doings I judged them.
And when they entered unto the heathen, whither they went, they profaned my holy name, when they said to them, These are the people of the LORD, and are gone forth out of his land.
But I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the heathen, whither they went.
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.
And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes. their: or, your
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above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“name”
H8034an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“had profaned”
H2490properly, to bore, i.e., (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin
“which the house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
“of Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
“among the heathen”
H1471a foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
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