12 Do not swear falsely by my name, profaning the name of your God;(A) I am the Lord.

Read full chapter

12 “‘Do not swear falsely(A) by my name(B) and so profane(C) the name of your God. I am the Lord.

Read full chapter

32 You must not profane my holy name; I must be treated as holy(A) among the Israelites. I am the Lord who sets you apart,

Read full chapter

32 Do not profane my holy name,(A) for I must be acknowledged as holy by the Israelites.(B) I am the Lord, who made you holy(C)

Read full chapter

Otherwise, I might have too much(A)
and deny you,(B) saying, “Who is the Lord?” (C)
or I might have nothing and steal,(D)
profaning[a] the name of my God.(E)

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 30:9 Lit grabbing

Otherwise, I may have too much and disown(A) you
    and say, ‘Who is the Lord?’(B)
Or I may become poor and steal,
    and so dishonor the name of my God.(C)

Read full chapter

But I acted for the sake of my name,(A) so that it would not be profaned in the eyes of the nations they were living among, in whose sight I had made myself known to Israel by bringing them out of Egypt.

Read full chapter

But for the sake of my name, I brought them out of Egypt.(A) I did it to keep my name from being profaned(B) in the eyes of the nations among whom they lived and in whose sight I had revealed myself to the Israelites.

Read full chapter

14 But I acted for the sake of my name, so that it would not be profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.

Read full chapter

14 But for the sake of my name I did what would keep it from being profaned(A) in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.(B)

Read full chapter

22 But I withheld my hand and acted for the sake of my name, so that it would not be profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I brought them out.

Read full chapter

22 But I withheld(A) my hand, and for the sake of my name(B) I did what would keep it from being profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.

Read full chapter

20 When they came to the nations where they went, they profaned my holy name,(A) because it was said about them, ‘These are the people of the Lord, yet they had to leave his land in exile.’ 21 Then I had concern for my holy name,(B) which the house of Israel profaned among the nations where they went.

22 “Therefore, say to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the Lord God says: It is not for your sake that I will act,(C) house of Israel, but for my holy name,(D) which you profaned among the nations where you went. 23 I will honor the holiness of my great name, which has been profaned among the nations—the name you have profaned among them. The nations will know that I am the Lord—this is the declaration of the Lord God—when I demonstrate my holiness through you in their sight.(E)

Read full chapter

20 And wherever they went among the nations they profaned(A) my holy name, for it was said of them, ‘These are the Lord’s people, and yet they had to leave his land.’(B) 21 I had concern for my holy name, which the people of Israel profaned among the nations where they had gone.(C)

22 “Therefore say to the Israelites, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: It is not for your sake, people of Israel, that I am going to do these things, but for the sake of my holy name,(D) which you have profaned(E) among the nations where you have gone.(F) 23 I will show the holiness of my great name,(G) which has been profaned(H) among the nations, the name you have profaned among them. Then the nations will know that I am the Lord,(I) declares the Sovereign Lord, when I am proved holy(J) through you before their eyes.(K)

Read full chapter

So I will make my holy name known among my people Israel and will no longer allow it to be profaned. Then the nations will know that I am the Lord, the Holy One in Israel.(A)

Read full chapter

“‘I will make known my holy name among my people Israel. I will no longer let my holy name be profaned,(A) and the nations will know(B) that I the Lord am the Holy One in Israel.(C)

Read full chapter

They trample the heads of the poor(A)
on the dust of the ground
and obstruct the path of the needy.(B)
A man and his father have sexual relations
with the same girl,(C)
profaning my holy name.(D)

Read full chapter

They trample on the heads of the poor
    as on the dust of the ground
    and deny justice to the oppressed.
Father and son use the same girl
    and so profane my holy name.(A)

Read full chapter

11 “My name will be great among the nations,(A) from the rising of the sun to its setting. Incense[a] and pure offerings will be presented in my name in every place because my name will be great among the nations,”[b] says the Lord of Armies.

12 “But you are profaning it(B) when you say, ‘The Lord’s table is defiled, and its product, its food, is contemptible.’

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 1:11 Or Burnt offerings
  2. 1:11 Or is great... are presented... is great

11 My name will be great(A) among the nations,(B) from where the sun rises to where it sets.(C) In every place incense(D) and pure offerings(E) will be brought to me, because my name will be great among the nations,” says the Lord Almighty.

12 “But you profane it by saying, ‘The Lord’s table(F) is defiled,’ and, ‘Its food(G) is contemptible.’

Read full chapter