But I worked for my name’s sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I brought them out.
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But I worked for my name’s sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I brought them out.
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But I wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.
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But I wrought for My name's sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I brought them out.
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Passages linked to Ezekiel 20:14 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Ezekiel 20:9 But I worked for my name’s sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, among which they were, in whose sight I made myself known to them, in bringing them out of the land of Egypt.
- Ezekiel 20:22 Nevertheless I withdrew my hand, and worked for my name’s sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I brought them out.
- Ezekiel 36:22-23 “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. I will sanctify my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned among them. Then the nations will know that I am Yahweh,” says the Lord Yahweh, “when I am proven holy in you before their eyes.
- Ephesians 1:6 to the praise of the glory of his grace, by which he freely gave us favor in the Beloved,
- Ephesians 1:12 to the end that we should be to the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Who might thereby take an occasion to blaspheme my…
Who might thereby take an occasion to blaspheme my Name and to accuse me of lack of ability, or else that I had sought a means to destroy them more commodiously.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Eze 20:14 But I wrought for my name’s sake,…
Eze 20:14 But I wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.
Ver. 14. But I wrought for my name’s sake.] Oh how oft are we beholden to this motive, and do escape fair by this means! See on Eze 20:9.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain See Eze 20:9, where these words are paraphrased.
See Eze 20:9, where these words are paraphrased.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain But I wrought for my name's sake, that it…
But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the Heathen,.... See Gill on Eze 20:9; who would be ready to say it was for want of power, or faithfulness, or, goodness, that he did not bring them into the promised land; or there was no such land to bring them to God's own glory was concerned, and that is his ultimate end in all he does; and is of more weight with him than any other argument whatever:
in whose sight I brought them out; from Egypt, into the wilderness; this was done publicly in the sight of the Egyptians, they urging them to be gone.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain But. Literally, "And I did for," &c. This motive…
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But. Literally, "And I did for," &c. This motive caused me to spare them. (Haydock) --- I punished only the most guilty adorers of the calf, and murmurers, &c., Numbers xiv. 28. (Calmet) --- Some were always preserved for a succession, ver. 9, 22. (Worthington)
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 14, 15. For his name’s sake Jehovah did not…
14, 15. For his name’s sake Jehovah did not make a clean end of the people, nevertheless he sware that the generation that came out of Egypt should not enter into the land of promise, Num_14:22-23; Num_14:29 : Deu_1:35; Psa_95:11.
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