Daily Bible Verse - 12/2/2007 - Ezekiel 36:23

I will show the holiness of my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, the name you have profaned among them. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD, declares the Sovereign LORD, when I show myself holy through you before their eyes.

And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.

I will vindicate the holiness of My great name which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in their midst Then the nations will know that I am the LORD," declares the Lord GOD, "when I prove Myself holy among you in their sight.

Ezekiel 36:23

Commentary
Restoring Israel to the land that God pledged in covenant (Gen. 12:7) will sanctify His great name, and move other peoples to "know that I am the Lord." This glory for God is the primary reason for Israel's restoration (cf. v. 32).

MacArthur, J. J. (1997, c1997). The MacArthur Study Bible (electronic ed.) (Eze 36:21). Nashville: Word Pub.

Background Verse

The LORD appeared to Abram and said, "To your offspring I will give this land." So he built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.

-Genesis 12:7 (NIV)