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Ezekiel 36:20 KJV
Ezekiel · chapter 36 · verse 20
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.Ezekiel 36:20 · King James Version
Ezekiel 36:20 in context
18Wherefore I poured my fury upon them for the blood that they had shed upon the land, and for their idols wherewith they had polluted it:
19And 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.
20And 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.
21But I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the heathen, whither they went.
22Therefore 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- profanedchâlalproperly, to boreH2490 →
- enteredbôwʼto go or comeH935 →
- heathengôwya foreign nationH1471 →
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
- forthyâtsâʼto go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and…H3318 →
- holyqôdesha sacred place or thingH6944 →
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When God promised the poor captives a glorious return, in due time, to their own land, it was a great discouragement to their hopes that they were unworthy, utterly unworthy, of such a favour;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 16-24