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Ezekiel 36:21 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 21. 21But I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the heathen, whither they went.
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Quick Meaning
The prophetic word through Ezekiel turns or qualifies the movement with “But I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the heathen,…” at Ezekiel 36:21 inside “Bloodshed, Idolatry, Scattering, and the Profaned Name Are Recalled.”
Read It With
- Ezekiel 36:16–21
Follow Ezekiel 36:16–21, not verse 36:21 alone. The prophetic word through Ezekiel turns or qualifies the movement with “But I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the heathen,…” at Ezekiel 36:21 inside “Bloodshed, Idolatry, Scattering, and the Profaned Name Are Recalled.” The controlling limit is: Menstrual comparison does not make menstruation sinful or women unclean in worth, and exile theology does not justify antisemitism.
Why This Verse Appears Here
At Ezekiel 36:21, the report adds a non-interchangeable step to “Bloodshed, Idolatry, Scattering, and the Profaned Name Are Recalled.” The prophetic word through Ezekiel turns or qualifies the movement with “But I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the heathen,…” at Ezekiel 36:21 inside “Bloodshed, Idolatry, Scattering, and the Profaned Name Are Recalled.”
What Remains True
Because this line performs the stated role at Ezekiel 36:21, it supports a bounded truth: Worship, public violence, economic exploitation, leadership, and treatment of vulnerable people cannot be separated from moral accountability.
How It Can Shape Life
- Role in Ezekiel 36:21: The prophetic word through Ezekiel turns or qualifies the movement with “But I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the heathen,…” at Ezekiel 36:21 inside “Bloodshed, Idolatry, Scattering, and the Profaned Name Are Recalled.” Contextual meaning in Ezekiel 36:16–21: 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. The interpretive limit remains: Menstrual comparison does not make menstruation sinful or women unclean in worth, and exile theology does not justify antisemitism. Proportionate enduring truth: Worship, public violence, economic exploitation, leadership, and treatment of vulnerable people cannot be separated from moral accountability. Application: Name the concrete wrong and affected people, submit present communities to the same ethical scrutiny, and refuse ethnic blame, punitive certainty, or human imitation of divine judgment.
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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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
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Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Ezek.xml, OSIS 36:16–21
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Exact location: Official NET Ezekiel PDF, exact translator, study, and textual notes attached to Ezekiel 36:16–21
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