Verse Lens · Context pointer
Ezekiel 36:20 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 20. 20And 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.
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Role in This Section
The prophetic word through Ezekiel carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And when they entered unto the heathen, whither they went, they profaned my holy name, when they said…” at Ezekiel 36:20 as part of “Bloodshed, Idolatry, Scattering, and the Profaned Name Are Recalled.”
Read It With
- Ezekiel 36:16–21
Read Ezekiel 36:20 with 36:16–21. By itself, “And when they entered unto the heathen, whither they went, they profaned my holy name, when they said…” can be detached from the speaker, addressee, date, exilic horizon, visionary movement, or outcome that gives it force. The complete unit establishes: Israel's conduct is compared to ritual impurity, leading to scattering; among the nations the people's defeat is interpreted as failure of the LORD's name.
Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
Read Ezekiel 36:16–21 — Bloodshed, Idolatry, Scattering, and the Profaned Name Are RecalledSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? probable
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Ezekiel 36:16–21, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Ezekiel
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a critical apparatus or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Ezek.xml, OSIS 36:16–21
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