Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name's sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went.

I do not this for your sakes - i:e., not for any merit in you; for, on the contrary, on your part there is everything to call down confirmed severity (cf. ). The sole and sure ground of hope was God's regard to "His own name," as the God of covenant-grace, which He must vindicate from the dishonour brought on it by the Jews before the pagan ().

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