Ezekiel 36:20

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. THEY PROFANED MY HOLY NAME, WHEN THEY (THE HEATHEN) SAID TO THEM (THE ISRAELITES), THESE ARE THE PEOPLE OF THE LORD, AND ARE GONE FORTH OUT OF HIS LAND. The Israelites gave a handle of reproach to the pagan against God, who would naturally say, These who take usury, oppress, commit adultery, etc., and who in such an abject plight are "gone forth" as exiles "out of his land," are specimens of what Yahweh can or will effect for His people, and show what kind of a God this so-called holy, omnipotent, covenant-keeping God must be (; )....

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 abominable to God, and uncomfortable to themselves. God's holy name is his great name; his holiness is his greatness, nor does any thing else make a man truly great....

Verse Ezekiel 36:20. _AND WHEN THEY ENTERED UNTO THE HEATHEN_] So bad were they, and so deeply fallen, that they _profaned the Lord's name_ _among the heathen_; and, on their account, the true God was blasphemed. _These_, say they, _are the people of Jehovah_! O what an abominable people are these! and what a being must that God be who can have and own such for his people!...

The defilement of the people described in order to its removal. Ezekiel 36:20 THEY PROFANED MY HOLY NAME - Caused it to be dishonored by the pagan who said in scorn, “This is the people of God.” The pagan, seeing the miserable state of the exiles, fancied that Yahweh was no more than a national god, powerless to protect his subjects....

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" which opened with the first verse of the preceding chapter; Ezekiel 36:16 begins another "word," which only closes at Ezekiel 37:14. The subject of the first part is the comfort offered to Israel in the destruction threatened against the heathen, and in the blessings promised to her land and people. Ezekiel

AND WHEN THEY ENTERED UNTO THE HEATHEN, WHITHER THEY WENT,.... When the Jews went into the Heathen countries, whither they were carried captive, either by the Chaldeans, or by the Romans: THEY PROFANED MY HOLY NAME; by their irreligion and immorality; by their violation of both tables of the law; by their wicked lives and conversations, whereby they gave the enemy an occasion to reproach them, their religion, and their God, Romans 2:24: WHEN THEY SAID TO THEM, THESE ARE THE PEOPLE OF THE LORD, AND ARE GONE FORTH OUT OF HIS LAND; these are the men that boast they are the people of the Lord, whom he has chosen above all people, and see what a wicked people they are; for their sins they are driven out of the land, and become our captives: or though they were the Lord's people, as they pretend, and were under his care and protection; yet he was not able to ke

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 before me as the uncleanness of a removed woman. Wherefore I poured my fury upon them for the blood that they had shed upon the land, and for their idols wherewith they had polluted it: And I scattered them among the heathen, and they were dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according to their doings I judged them. 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._ All through Scripture we are told that God has great regard to the honour of his holy name. «The Lord thy God is a jealous God.» And this is no small blessing to us, f

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, nor can it be fulfilled until the Lord Jesus Christ comes again and is enthroned as King. The first seven verses (Ezekiel 36:1)announce once more the future judgment of Israel's enemies. Then comes the promised return to the land Ezekiel 36:8. The mountains of Israel, barren so long, shall be inhabited again. Israel's past sins and chastisement are reviewed in Ezekiel 36:16, and then comes that great message of restoration and blessing th

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 sins of bloodshed (whether child sacrifice or judicial murder) and idolatry had obliged Yahweh to drive them into exile. In this way they had profaned His holy name among the nations, who, according to ancient notions, naturally regarded Him as a worthless God, because apparently weak and unable to protect His people. To vindicate His holiness, therefore, and to reassert His reputation, as it were, in the eyes of a world which misunderstands Him and fails to recognise the moral reasons for His temporary rejection of Israel, He decrees and arranges for her restoration to her own land. But the significant thing in Ezekiel is that He is said to do this not out of love for Israel, but for His ho...

THEY. Hebrew text reads "he", or "it".. special various reading called Sevir (App-34), and some codices, with Aramaic, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "they". PROFANED, &c. Ref to Pentateuch (Leviticus 19:12, &c.) App-92. HOLY. See note on Exodus 3:5. NAME. See note on Psalms 20:1. THEY SAID TO THEM: i.e. men said of Israel. GONE. come....