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.
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Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I do not [this] for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for my (m) holy name's sake, which ye have profaned among the nations, to which ye went.
(m) This excludes from man all dignity and means to deserve anything by, seeing that God refers the whole to himself and that only for the glory of his holy Name.
Therefore say unto the house of Israel,.... This is an order to the prophet, the son of man, Ezekiel 36:17,
thus saith the Lord God, I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel; what he hereafter promises to do for them, both with respect to things temporal and spiritual; which he did, not on account of any deserts or worthiness in them; for they had none, having done nothing to merit his favour, but, on the contrary, everything to provoke the eyes of his glory:
but for my holy name's sake, which ye have profaned among the Heathen, whither ye went; for the honour of his holy name, for the glory of his holy word, holy worship, and holy religion; all which were traduced and reproached among the Heathen, by reason of the ungodly behaviour of the Jews.
not . . . for your sakes--that is, not for any merit in you; for, on the contrary, on your part, there is everything to call down continued severity (compare Deuteronomy 9:5-6). The sole and sure ground of hope was God's regard to "His own name," as the God of covenant grace (Psalm 106:45), which He must vindicate from the dishonor brought on it by the Jews, before the heathen.
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