Ezekiel 20:22

“But I withdrew my hand and acted for the sake of my name, that it should not be profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose eyes I had brought them out.”

Ezekiel 20:22 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 20:22, word by word

But I withdrewהֲשִׁבֹתִיhashivoti

bring back

To return something, restore.

Where else “hashivoti” appears
my handיָדִyadi

hand

The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.

Where else “yadi” appears
and actedאַעַשׂaas

do

To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.

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my nameשְׁמִshemi

name

The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.

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be profanedהֵחֵלhechel

profane

To treat what is holy as common.

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in the eyesעֵינֵיene

sight

"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.

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of the nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim

Gentiles

The peoples other than Israel.

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I had brought them outהוֹצֵאתִיhotseti

bring out

To lead someone out: "I led you out of Egypt".

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The context

21But the sons rebelled against me; in my statutes they did not walk, and my rules they did not keep to do them, which if a human being does them, he will live by them; my Sabbaths they profaned. And I said that I would pour out my fury on them to spend my anger on them in the wilderness.

22 · This verse (above)

23I also raised my hand to them in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them through the lands,

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