Ezekiel 39:7
in Ezekiel 39So 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 in Israel.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And my holy name will I make known in the midst of my people Israel; neither will I suffer my holy name to be profaned any more: and the nations shall know that I am Jehovah, the Holy One in Israel.
KJV
So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the Lord, the Holy One in Israel.
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This verse in Ezekiel 39
Commentary
6 notes on this verseIn the midst of my people Israel - This defeat of Gog is to be in Israel: and it was there according to this prophecy, that the immense army of Antiochus was so completely defeated. Ands I will not let them pollute my holy name any more - See on 1 Maccabees 1:11, etc., how Antiochus had profaned the temple, insulted Jehovah and his worship, etc. God permitted that as a scourge to his disobedient people; but now the scourger shall be scourged, and he shall pollute the sanctuary no more.
This site's exposition
fire on Magog
on Ezekiel 39:6-7
The fire sent on Magog and on those who dwell securely in the coastlands carries the judgment to the wider world Gog stands for. “I will make My holy name known among My people Israel and will no longer allow it to be profaned” answers 36:20-23.
This site's exposition
My holy name
The title the Holy One in Israel stresses God's presence among His people, close to Isaiah's frequent title the Holy One of Israel. Adam Clarke refers the verse to Antiochus, who had profaned the temple and would profane it no more. Clarke reads the scourger as scourged in turn.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Chapter 39, Verse 1 onwards) \"But you, son of man, prophesy against Gog and say: 'This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshek and Tubal. I will turn you around and drag you along. I will bring you from the far north and send you against the mountains of Israel. Then I will strike your bow from your left hand and make your arrows drop from your right hand. On the mountains of Israel you will fall, you and all your troops and the nations with you.'
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
not let them pollute my holy name--by their sins bringing down judgments which made the heathen think that I was unable or unwilling to save My people.
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The words behind it
20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| שֵׁ֨ם | shem | [the] name of | H8034 → | 864 times |
| קָדְשִׁ֜י | kodshi | holiness my | H6944 → | 469 times |
| אוֹדִ֗יעַ | ʾodia' | I will make known | H3045 → | 945 times |
| בְּתוֹךְ֙ | betokh | in among | H8432 → | 418 times |
| עַמִּ֣י | ʾami | people my | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| וְלֹֽא־ | velo'- | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| אַחֵ֥ל | ʾachel | I will let be profaned | H2490 → | 143 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| שֵׁם־ | shem- | [the] name of | H8034 → | 864 times |
| קָדְשִׁ֖י | kodshi | holiness my | H6944 → | 469 times |
| ע֑וֹד | od | again | H5750 → | 490 times |
| וְיָדְע֤וּ | veyadeu | and they will know | H3045 → | 945 times |
| הַגּוֹיִם֙ | hagoyim | the nations | H1471 → | 561 times |
| כִּי־ | ki- | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| אֲנִ֣י | ʾani | I | H589 → | 874 times |
| יְהוָ֔ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| קָד֖וֹשׁ | kadoosh | [am] holy | H6918 → | |
| בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ | beyisrael | in Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
שֵׁ֨ם[the] name of
shemH8034 →864 times
קָדְשִׁ֜יholiness my
kodshiH6944 →469 times
אוֹדִ֗יעַI will make known
ʾodia'H3045 →945 times
בְּתוֹךְ֙in among
betokhH8432 →418 times
עַמִּ֣יpeople my
ʾamiH5971 →1873 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
וְלֹֽא־and not
velo'-H3808 →5168 times
אַחֵ֥לI will let be profaned
ʾachelH2490 →143 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
שֵׁם־[the] name of
shem-H8034 →864 times
קָדְשִׁ֖יholiness my
kodshiH6944 →469 times
ע֑וֹדagain
odH5750 →490 times
וְיָדְע֤וּand they will know
veyadeuH3045 →945 times
הַגּוֹיִם֙the nations
hagoyimH1471 →561 times
כִּי־that
ki-H3588 →4482 times
אֲנִ֣יI
ʾaniH589 →874 times
יְהוָ֔הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
קָד֖וֹשׁ[am] holy
kadooshH6918 →
בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃in Israel
beyisraelH3478 →2507 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
Exodus 20:7You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave anyone unpunished who takes His name in vain.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 5:11
You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave anyone unpunished who takes His name in vain.
- Leviticus 19:12
You must not swear falsely by My name and so profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.
- James 5:12
Above all, my brothers, do not swear, not by heaven or earth or by any other oath. Simply let your “Yes” be yes, and your “No,” no, so that you will not fall under…
- Matthew 5:33–37
Again, you have heard that it was said to the ancients, ‘Do not break your oath, but fulfill your vows to the Lord.’
- Psalms 50:14–16
Sacrifice a thank offering to God, and fulfill your vows to the Most High.
- Deuteronomy 5:11
Through
Ezekiel 38:23I will magnify and sanctify Myself, and will reveal Myself in the sight of many nations. Then they will know that I am the LORD.
it leads to
- Psalms 9:16
The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah
- Ezekiel 38:16
You will advance against My people Israel like a cloud covering the land. It will happen in the latter days, O Gog, that I will bring you against My land, so that the nations…
- Revelation 19:1–6
After this I heard a sound like the roar of a great multitude in heaven, shouting: “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God!
- Psalms 9:16
Where this verse is studied
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About Ezekiel
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.