Ezekiel 36:20
And wherever they went among the nations, they profaned My holy name, because it was said of them, ‘These are the people of the Lord, yet they had to leave His land.’
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.
When they came to the nations where they went, they profaned my holy name, in that men said of them, ‘These are the Lord’s people, and have left his land.’
And when they came unto the nations, whither they went, they profaned my holy name; in that men said of them, These are the people of Jehovah, and are gone forth out of his land.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- they profaned
- The Jews, when thus scattered, appeared to them an abject and wretched company of people. They were recognized as the worshippers of Jehovah wherever they went; but they were looked upon as a viler and more worthless race than any of the idolaters among whom they were driven. Many would ascribe their wickedness to the tendency of their religion, which they abhorred, and not to their having acted inconsistently with it; and regard their miseries, not as the punishment of their sins, but as proofs of God's inability to protect them. This profanation of his holy name, Jehovah was determined to wipe away, by shewing mercy unto them.
- Isaiah 52:5; Romans 2:24
- These
- Exodus 32:11–13; Numbers 14:15, 16; Joshua 7:9; 2 Kings 18:30, 35; 2 Kings 19:10–12; Jeremiah 33:24; Daniel 3:15