Isaiah 37:29
29 aBecause you have raged against meand 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
22“Therefore 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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