Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Ezekiel 36:23
I will sanctify my great name — They gave the heathen occasion to think meanly of me, but I will shew I am as great as good. When God performs what he hath sworn by his holiness, then he sanctifies his name.
I will sanctify my great name — They gave the heathen occasion to think meanly of me, but I will shew I am as great as good. When God performs what he hath sworn by his holiness, then he sanctifies his name.
Verse Ezekiel 36:23. _I WILL SANCTIFY MY GREAT NAME_] By changing your hearts and your conduct, I shall show my hatred to vice, and my love to holiness: but it is not _for your sakes_, but for _my hol...
Ezekiel 36:1. With this chapter the great prophetic utterances of Ezekiel begin concerning the future restoration and blessing of Israel. From here on to the end of the book, all is still unfulfilled,...
THE CLEANSING AND RENEWING OF THE PEOPLE. This is a passage of peculiar interest and importance, carrying us as it does far into the mind and theology of Ezekiel. First, we are reminded that Israel's...
I WILL SANCTIFY, &c. The opposite of the profanation of Ezekiel 36:20. SHALL KNOW. See note on Ezekiel 6:10. IN YOU. So in the Babylonian Codex; but some codices, with Codex Hillel and three early p...
Not for Israel's sake but for his own name's sake does Jehovah do all this in behalf of his people The passage is remarkable and deserves to be studied almost more than any other part of Ezek. when o...
_sanctify my great name_ To sanctify is the opposite of to profane. As the latter term means to detract from the power, majesty or purity of Jehovah, or from any of those attributes which belong to hi...
AND I WILL SANCTIFY MY GREAT NAME— "I will give illustrious proofs of my power and goodness, and vindicate my honour from the reproaches wherewith it has been blasphemed among the heathens, because of...
D. The Return to the Land 36:22-38 TRANSLATION (22) Therefore, say unto the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord GOD: I am not doing this for your sake, O house of Israel, but for My holy name which y...
And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall b...
36:23 their (a-44) Some read 'your.'...
THE LAND OF ISRAEL IN THE FUTURE Ezekiel 35 is an introduction to Ezekiel 36, the connexion being shown by Ezekiel 36:5. The claim of Edom to the land having been repudiated ...
SANCTIFY] the exact opposite of 'profane.' 25-28. These vv. expand the promise in Ezekiel 11:19; Ezekiel 11:20. They include purification from guilt, inward renewal, the spirit of obedience, and the p...
EZEKIEL: “THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM GOD” GOD’S PLANS FOR *ISRAEL AND THE NATIONS EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 25 TO 39 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 36 THE *LORD ENCOURAGES *ISRAEL – EZEKIEL 36:1-15 V1
BEFORE THEIR EYES. — The Hebrew text as it stands has _your_ eyes, as in the margin. Many manuscripts and other authorities have _their._ Either of them admits of an excellent sense; but the reading _...
וְ קִדַּשְׁתִּ֞י אֶת ־שְׁמִ֣י הַ גָּדֹ֗ול הַֽ
JEHOVAH'S LAND Ezekiel 35:1; Ezekiel 36:1 THE teaching of this important passage turns on certain ideas regarding the land of Canaan which enter very deeply into the religion of Israel. These ideas a...
In contrast with Mount Seir the prophet placed the mountains of Israel, as he delivered the word of the Lord to them. They had been the scorn of their enemies, who had made them desolate and swallowed...
See, Reader, and mark the blessed cause, for it runs through the whole Bible; the Lord's motives in redemption-work. The glory of Jehovah is the first, and last, and ultimate design of Jehovah, in all...
Chapter 36 continues the same subject with reference to the blessing of Israel. The nations insulted Israel as a land whose ancient high places were their prey, and-as the spies had said-a land that d...
AND I WILL SANCTIFY MY GREAT NAME,.... The same with his holy name; for his greatness lies in his holiness; which name he sanctifies when he clears it from all charges and imputations; when he makes i...
And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I [am] the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall...
_But I had pity for my holy name_ That is, as it is expressed Ezekiel 20:9, _I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted_, or brought into disgrace, _among the heathen:_ I preserved,...
Israel Restored for the Sake of Jehovah's Name...
And I will sanctify My great name, so that it would once more be kept holy, WHICH WAS PROFANED AMONG THE HEATHEN, as they heaped reproaches and mockery upon it, WHICH YE HAVE PROFANED IN THE MIDST OF...
THEIR: Or, your...
16-24 The restoration of that people, being typical of our redemption by Christ, shows that the end aimed at in our salvation is the glory of God. The sin of a people defiles their land; renders it ab...
WILL SANCTIFY, by clearing it up, and removing the objection that the Jews sufferings and sins among the Babylonians had raised. MY GREAT NAME; they gave the heathen occasion to think meanly and conte...
Ezekiel 36:23 sanctify H6942 (H8765) great H1419 name H8034 profaned H2490 (H8794) nations H1471 profaned H2490 ...
GOD WILL RESTORE HIS REPUTATION BY WHAT HE WILL DO IN RETURNING THE PEOPLE TO THE LAND AND POURING OUT HIS SPIRIT ON THEM (EZEKIEL 36:21). “But I had pity for my holy name, which the house of Israel h...
ISRAEL'S INGLORIOUS PAST AND THEIR GLORIOUS FUTURE (EZEKIEL 36:16). As we consider this section we should pause to consider the nature of Biblical prophecy. A Biblical prophet was not a foreteller lik...
Ezekiel 36:23 Passing over the special application of these words to the Jews and looking at them in their prophetical connection with the scheme of redemption, I remark I. That God might have vindic...
Ezekiel 36:23 I. The mercy of God is glorified in redemption. II. In redemption, God is glorified in the complete discomforture of all His and our enemies. (1) He is glorified by Satan's defeat. (2)...
Ezekiel 36:16. Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their own way and by their doings: their way was bef...
Ezekiel 36:16. Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their own way and by their doings: their way was bef...
The prophet had been bringing many heavy charges against God's people, had been thundering out the most tremendous threatenings against them. God was angry with them on account of sin. The chapter is...
CONTENTS: Message to the mountains of Israel. Restoration of Israel predicted. Israel's past sins. CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel. CONCLUSION: Those who put shame and reproach upon God's people, though Go...
_I will sanctify My great name._ GOD GLORIFIED IN REDEMPTION Passing over the special application of these words to the Jews, and looking at them in their prophetical connection with the scheme of r...
_I had pity for Mine holy name._ GOD’S MOTIVE IN SALVATION There is a land lying beneath a burning sky where the fields are seldom screened by a cloud, and almost never refreshed by a shower; and yet...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 36:16 This key passage summarizes Ezekiel’s prophecy: in spite of their failings, God will restore his people for the sake of his name. ⇐...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 36:22 This passage is often compared to Jeremiah’s “new covenant” text (Jeremiah 31:31). The structure of this passage reinforces its message. The outer verses relate t
THE PROMISE OF BETTER DAYS FOR ISRAEL. (Chap. 36) EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ezekiel 36:1. “YE MOUNTAINS OF ISRAEL”—in contrast to _Mount Seir_ of the previous prophecy. They are here personified: Israel’s e...
EXPOSITION EZEKIEL 36:1 The present chapter is entirely devoted to the consolation of Israel, though its parts are derived from two separate "words" of Jehovah. Ezekiel 36:1 belong to the "word" whic...
Ezekiel 36:22. _Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Not for your sakes do I it, house of Israel, but on account of my holy name, which ye have profaned among the heathen...
Shall we turn in our Bibles now to Ezekiel 36 as we continue our study in this very fascinating prophecy. In chapter 36 Ezekiel is commanded to prophesy to the mountains of Israel. Now this is the sec...
1 Peter 2:9; 1 Peter 3:15; Daniel 2:47; Daniel 3:28; Daniel 3:29;...