Ezekiel 36:22 (ASV)

Passage

Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I do not [this] for your sake, O house of Israel, but for my holy name, which ye have profaned among the nations, whither ye went.

Nearby Context

Ezekiel 36:20 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 36:21 But I had regard for my holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations, whither they went.

Ezekiel 36:22 Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I do not [this] for your sake, O house of Israel, but for my holy name, which ye have profaned among the nations, whither ye went.

Ezekiel 36:23 And I will sanctify my great name, which hath been profaned among the nations, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the nations shall know that I am Jehovah, saith the Lord Jehovah, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.

Ezekiel 36:24 For I will take you from among the nations, and gather you out of all the countries, and will bring you into your own land.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "therefore", "house", "israel", "thus", "saith", "lord", "jehovah", and "sake". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "therefore" and "house", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 21's "But I had regard for my holy..." into verse 23's "And I will sanctify my great name...", so "therefore" and "house" belong inside that flow. In Ezekiel context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "therefore" and "house" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.