Ezekiel 20:9

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, among whom they were, in whose sight I made myself known unto them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.

I wrought

In whose

Joshua 2:10

Joshua 9:9

1 Samuel 4:8

General references

Ezekiel 20:14

Ezekiel 36:21

Bible References

I wrought

But I acted because of My name, so that it would not be profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.

Then I had concern for My holy name, which the house of Israel profaned among the nations where they went.

So 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 Yahweh, the Holy One in Israel.

Why should the Egyptians say, ‘He brought them out with an evil intent to kill them in the mountains and wipe them off the face of the earth’? Turn from Your great anger and relent concerning this disaster planned for Your people.

But Moses replied to the Lord, “The Egyptians will hear about it, for by Your strength You brought up this people from them.

Otherwise, those in the land you brought us from will say, ‘Because the Lord wasn’t able to bring them into the land He had promised them, and because He hated them, He brought them out to kill them in the wilderness.’

“I would have said: I will cut them to pieces
and blot out the memory of them from mankind,

When 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 about Your great name?”

The Lord will not abandon His people, because of His great name and because He has determined to make you His own people.

In whose

For we have heard how the Lord dried up the waters of the Red Sea before you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to Sihon and Og, the two Amorite kings you completely destroyed across the Jordan.

They replied to him, “Your servants have come from a far away land because of the reputation of the Lord your God. For we have heard of His fame, and all that He did in Egypt,

Woe to us, who will rescue us from the hand of these magnificent gods? These are the gods that slaughtered the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues in the wilderness.

General references

But I acted because of My name, so that it would not be profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.

Then I had concern for My holy name, which the house of Israel profaned among the nations where they went.