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Ezekiel 36:20

And wherever they went among the nations, they profaned My holy name, because it was said of them, ‘These are the people of the LORD, yet they had to leave His land.’

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ASV

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.

KJV

And when they entered unto the heathen, whither they went, they profaned my holy name, when they said to them, These are the people of the Lord, and are gone forth out of his land.

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17 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיָּב֗וֹאvai.ya.Vo'and it cameH935 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
הַגּוֹיִם֙ha.go.Yimthe nationsH1471 →
אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-whereH834 →
בָּ֣אוּBa.'uthey wentH935 →
שָׁ֔םShamthereH8033 →
וַֽיְחַלְּל֖וּvay.cha.le.Luand they profanedH2490 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
שֵׁ֣םshem[the] name ofH8034 →
קָדְשִׁ֑יkod.shiholiness myH6944 →
בֶּאֱמֹ֤רbe.'e.Morwhen saidH559 →
לָהֶם֙la.Hemof them
עַם־'am-[are] [the] people ofH5971 →
יְהוָ֣הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
אֵ֔לֶּה'E.lehtheseH428 →
וּמֵאַרְצ֖וֹu.me.'ar.Tzoand from land hisH776 →
יָצָֽאוּ׃ya.Tza.'uthey have come outH3318 →

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Isaiah 52:5And now what have I here? declares the LORD. For My people have been taken without cause; those who rule them taunt, declares the LORD, and My name is blasphemed continually all day long.Romans 2:24As it is written: “God’s name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”Jeremiah 30:17But I will restore your health and heal your wounds, declares the LORD, because they call you an outcast, Zion, for whom no one cares.”Jeremiah 33:24“Have you not noticed what these people are saying: ‘The LORD has rejected the two families He had chosen’? So they despise My people and no longer regard them as a nation.Daniel 3:15Now, if you are ready, as soon as you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, you must fall down and worship the statue I have made. But if you refuse to worship, you will be thrown at once into the blazing fiery furnace. Then what god will be able to deliver you from my hands?”Exodus 32:11–13But Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God, saying, “O LORD, why does Your anger burn against Your people, whom You brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand?Ezekiel 22:26Her priests do violence to My law and profane My holy things. They make no distinction between the holy and the common, and they fail to distinguish between the clean and the unclean. They disregard My Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them.2 Kings 18:30Do not let Hezekiah persuade you to trust in the LORD when he says, ‘The LORD will surely deliver us; this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.’Ezekiel 12:16But I will spare a few of them from sword and famine and plague, so that in the nations to which they go, they can recount all their abominations. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”Numbers 14:15–16If You kill this people as one man, the nations who have heard of Your fame will say,2 Kings 19:10–12“Give this message to Hezekiah king of Judah: ‘Do not let your God, in whom you trust, deceive you by saying that Jerusalem will not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.2 Kings 18:35Who among all the gods of these lands has delivered his land from my hand? How then can the LORD deliver Jerusalem from my hand?”Joshua 7:9When the Canaanites and all who live in the land hear about this, they will surround us and wipe out our name from the earth. Then what will You do for Your great name?”Deuteronomy 28:46These curses will be a sign and a wonder upon you and your descendants forever.1 Timothy 6:1All who are under the yoke of slavery should regard their masters as fully worthy of honor, so that God’s name and our teaching will not be discredited.Hosea 7:16They turn, but not to the Most High; they are like a faulty bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword for the cursing of their tongue; for this they will be ridiculed in the land of Egypt.Amos 2:7They trample on the heads of the poor as on the dust of the earth; they push the needy out of their way. A man and his father have relations with the same girl and so profane My holy name.Nehemiah 5:9So I continued, “What you are doing is not right. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God to avoid the reproach of our foreign enemies?

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