Ezekiel 36:20-22

The Voice

²⁰ Whenever they settled among the nations of their exile, they defiled My sacred name. Everywhere they went people were saying, “These are the Eternal’s people, yet they have been forced out of His land.” ²¹ I became concerned for My sacred name, for everywhere they went the people of Israel were giving Me a bad name.

²² Consequently, tell the people of Israel that the Eternal Lord says, “When I act, people of Israel, it won’t be for your own good, but for the sake of salvaging My own reputation, which you have slandered in front of those outside our covenant.^[a]