“For My own sake, for My own sake, I do it. For how is it profaned? And My esteem I do not give to another.
Ezekiel 20:14 - The Scriptures 2009 “But I acted for My Name’s sake, not to profane it before the nations, before whose eyes I had brought them out. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But I acted for My name's sake, that it should not be profaned before the [heathen] nations in whose sight I brought them out. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible But instead, I acted for the sake of my name so that it wouldn’t be degraded in the sight of the nations who saw me lead them out of Egypt. Catholic Public Domain Version But I acted for the sake of my name, lest it be violated before the Gentiles, from whom I cast them out, in their sight. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But I spared them for the sake of my name, lest it should be profaned before the nations from which I brought them out in their sight. |
“For My own sake, for My own sake, I do it. For how is it profaned? And My esteem I do not give to another.
“But the house of Yisra’ĕl rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not walk in My laws, and they rejected My right-rulings, which, if a man does, he shall live by them. And they greatly profaned My Sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out My wrath on them in the wilderness, to consume them.
“And I Myself also lifted My hand in an oath to them in the wilderness, not to bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, the splendour of all lands,
“But I held back My hand and acted for My Name’s sake, not to profane it before the eyes of the nations, before whose eyes I had brought them out.
“But I acted for My Name’s sake, that it should not be profaned before the eyes of the nations among whom they were – before whose eyes I had made Myself known to them, to bring them out of the land of Mitsrayim.
“And I shall make My set-apart Name known in the midst of My people Yisra’ĕl, and not let My set-apart Name be profaned any more. And the nations shall know that I am יהוה, the Set-apart One in Yisra’ĕl.
for us to be the praise of His esteem – those having first trusted in Messiah,
to the praise of the esteem of His favour with which He favoured us in the Beloved,