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Ezekiel 36:20

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When they came to the nations where they went, they profaned my holy name; in that men said of them, ‘These are Yahweh’s people, and have left his land.’

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Ezekiel 36:20 in other translations

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.

Ezekiel 36:20 · American Standard Version

Ezekiel 36:20 in context

  1. 18Therefore I poured out my wrath on them for the blood which they had poured out on the land, and because they had defiled it with their idols.
  2. 19I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed through the countries. I judged them according to their way and according to their deeds.
  3. 20When they came to the nations where they went, they profaned my holy name; in that men said of them, ‘These are Yahweh’s people, and have left his land.’
  4. 21But I had respect for my holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations where they went.
  5. 22“Therefore tell the house of Israel, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “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.