Isaiah 37:29

29 aBecause you have raged against me
and your complacency has come to my ears,
I will put my hook in your nose
and my bit in your mouth,
and bI will turn you back on the way
by which you came.’

Isaiah 37:35

35 cFor I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake and for dthe sake of my servant David.”

Jeremiah 14:7

7 Though our iniquities testify against us,
act, O Lord, efor your name’s sake;
ffor our backslidings are many;
gwe have sinned against you.

Ezekiel 20:9

9 hBut I acted ifor the sake of my name, jthat it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations among whom they lived, kin whose sight I made myself known to them in bringing them out of the land of Egypt.

Ezekiel 20:14

14But I acted for the sake of my name, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, lin whose sight I had brought them out.

Ezekiel 36:21-23

21But I had concern mfor my holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations to which they came.

I Will Put My Spirit Within You

22Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: nIt is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for the sake of my holy name, owhich you have profaned among the nations to which you came. 23 pAnd I will vindicate the holiness of my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, and which you have profaned among them. qAnd the nations will know that I am the Lord, declares the Lord God, when through you I vindicate my holiness before their eyes.

Ezekiel 36:32

32 rIt is not for your sake that I will act, declares the Lord God; let that be known to you. Be ashamed and confounded for your ways, O house of Israel.

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