Ezekiel 20:44
in Ezekiel 20Then you will know, O house of Israel, that I am the LORD, when I have dealt with you for the sake of My name and not according to your wicked ways and corrupt acts, declares the Lord GOD.”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And ye shall know that I am Jehovah, when I have dealt with you for my name’s sake, not according to your evil ways, nor according to your corrupt doings, O ye house of Israel, saith the Lord Jehovah.
KJV
And ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I have wrought with you for my name’s sake, not according to your wicked ways, nor according to your corrupt doings, O ye house of Israel, saith the Lord God.
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This verse in Ezekiel 20
Commentary
4 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
The English Version chapter ought to have ended here, and the twenty-first chapter begun with "Moreover," &c., as in the Hebrew Bible. for my name's sake-- (Eze 36:22). Gratuitously; according to My compassion, not your merits. After having commented on this verse, CALVIN was laid on his death bed, and his commentary ended.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers2 voices
We are thus taught by the words of the Lord himself: everything is granted to us by God, and that the whole of our salvation is to be ascribed not to the merit of our own works but to heavenly grace.
(Verse 43, 44.) And you shall remember ((Vulgate: interserit ibi)) your ways, and all your sins, with which you have defiled yourselves in them: and you shall be displeased with yourselves in your own sight for all the evils that you have done, and you shall know that I am the Lord, when I will have done good to you for the sake of my name: not according to your evil ways, and your wicked deeds, O house of Israel, says the Lord God.
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And ye shall know that I am the Lord,....
The words behind it
18 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וִֽידַעְתֶּם֙ | vida'tem | and you will know | H3045 → | 945 times |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| אֲנִ֣י | ʾani | I | H589 → | 874 times |
| יְהוָ֔ה | yahweh | [am] Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| בַּעֲשׂוֹתִ֥י | baasoti | when do I | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| אִתְּכֶ֖ם | ʾitekhem | with you | H854 → | 929 times |
| לְמַ֣עַן | lemaan | for [the] sake of | H4616 → | 272 times |
| שְׁמִ֑י | shemi | name my | H8034 → | 864 times |
| לֹא֩ | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| כְדַרְכֵיכֶ֨ם | khedarkheikhem | according to ways your | H1870 → | 707 times |
| הָרָעִ֜ים | haraim | <the> wicked | H7451 → | 662 times |
| וְכַעֲלִילֽוֹתֵיכֶ֤ם | vekhaaliloteikhem | and according to practices your | H5949 → | 24 times |
| הַנִּשְׁחָתוֹת֙ | hanishchatot | <the> corrupt | H7843 → | 146 times |
| בֵּ֣ית | beit | O house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| נְאֻ֖ם | neum | [the] utterance of | H5002 → | 376 times |
| אֲדֹנָ֥י | ʾadonai | [the] Lord | H136 → | 440 times |
| יְהוִֽה׃ פ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3069 → | 306 times |
וִֽידַעְתֶּם֙and you will know
vida'temH3045 →945 times
כִּֽי־that
ki-H3588 →4482 times
אֲנִ֣יI
ʾaniH589 →874 times
יְהוָ֔ה[am] Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
בַּעֲשׂוֹתִ֥יwhen do I
baasotiH6213 →2628 times
אִתְּכֶ֖םwith you
ʾitekhemH854 →929 times
לְמַ֣עַןfor [the] sake of
lemaanH4616 →272 times
שְׁמִ֑יname my
shemiH8034 →864 times
לֹא֩not
lo'H3808 →5168 times
כְדַרְכֵיכֶ֨םaccording to ways your
khedarkheikhemH1870 →707 times
הָרָעִ֜ים<the> wicked
haraimH7451 →662 times
וְכַעֲלִילֽוֹתֵיכֶ֤םand according to practices your
vekhaaliloteikhemH5949 →24 times
הַנִּשְׁחָתוֹת֙<the> corrupt
hanishchatotH7843 →146 times
בֵּ֣יתO house of
beitH1004 →2046 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
נְאֻ֖ם[the] utterance of
neumH5002 →376 times
אֲדֹנָ֥י[the] Lord
ʾadonaiH136 →440 times
יְהוִֽה׃ פYahweh
yahwehH3069 →306 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 115:1Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to Your name be the glory, because of Your loving devotion, because of Your faithfulness.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 20:14
But I acted for the sake of My name, so that it would not be profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- Psalms 79:9–10
Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name; deliver us and atone for our sins, for the sake of Your name.
- Isaiah 48:11
For My own sake, My very own sake, I will act; for how can I let Myself be defamed? I will not yield My glory to another.
- Psalms 96:8
Ascribe to the LORD the glory due His name; bring an offering and enter His courts.
- Ezekiel 36:32
It is not for your sake that I will act, declares the Lord GOD—let it be known to you. Be ashamed and disgraced for your ways, O house of Israel!
- Ezekiel 20:14
Through
Ezekiel 20:22But I withheld My hand and acted for the sake of My name, so that it would not be profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 20:9
But I acted for the sake of My name, that it should not be profaned in the eyes of the nations among whom they were living, in whose sight I had revealed Myself to…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Ezekiel 20:9
Through
Ezekiel 20:9But I acted for the sake of My name, that it should not be profaned in the eyes of the nations among whom they were living, in whose sight I had revealed Myself to…
it leads to
- Ezekiel 20:22
But I withheld My hand and acted for the sake of My name, so that it would not be profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Ezekiel 39:7
So I will make My holy name known among My people Israel and will no longer allow it to be profaned. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD, the Holy One…
- Ezekiel 20:22
Where this verse is studied
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About Ezekiel
This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Cassian, CONFERENCE 13:18 and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).