Ezekiel 20:14
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But I spared them for the sake of my name, lest it should be profaned before the nations, from which I brought them out, in their sight.

Ezekiel 20:9,22 But I did otherwise for my name's sake, that it might not be violated before the nations, in the midst of whom they were, and among whom I made myself known to them, to bring them out of the land of Egypt. . . .

Ezekiel 36:22,23 Therefore thou shalt say to the house of Israel: Thus saith the Lord God: It is not for your sake that I will do this, O house of Israel, but for my holy name's sake, which you have profaned among the nations whither you went. . . .

Ephesians 1:6,12 Unto the praise of the glory of his grace, in which he hath graced us, in his beloved son. . . .

Context
Israel's Rebellion in Egypt
13But the house of Israel provoked me in the desert: they walked not in my statutes, and they cast away my judgments, which if a man do he shall live in them: and they grievously violated my sabbaths. I said therefore that I would pour out my indignation upon them in the desert, and would consume them. 14But I spared them for the sake of my name, lest it should be profaned before the nations, from which I brought them out, in their sight.15So I lifted up my hand over them in the desert, not to bring them into the land which I had given them flowing with milk and honey, the best of all lands.…
Cross References
Isaiah 48:11
For my own sake, for my own sake will I do it, that I may not be blasphemed: and I will not give my glory to another.

Ezekiel 20:9
But I did otherwise for my name's sake, that it might not be violated before the nations, in the midst of whom they were, and among whom I made myself known to them, to bring them out of the land of Egypt.

Ezekiel 20:13
But the house of Israel provoked me in the desert: they walked not in my statutes, and they cast away my judgments, which if a man do he shall live in them: and they grievously violated my sabbaths. I said therefore that I would pour out my indignation upon them in the desert, and would consume them.

Ezekiel 20:15
So I lifted up my hand over them in the desert, not to bring them into the land which I had given them flowing with milk and honey, the best of all lands.

Ezekiel 20:22
But I turned away my hand, and wrought for my name's sake, that it might not be violated before the nations, out of which I brought them forth in their sight.

Ezekiel 39:7
And I will make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel, and my holy name shall be profaned no more: and the Gentiles shall know that I am the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.

Lexicon
But I acted
וָאֶעֱשֶׂ֖ה (wā·’e·‘ĕ·śeh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make

for the sake
לְמַ֣עַן (lə·ma·‘an)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 4616: Purpose -- intent

of My name,
שְׁמִ֑י (šə·mî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 8034: A name

so that it would not
לְבִלְתִּ֤י (lə·ḇil·tî)
Preposition-l
Strong's Hebrew 1115: A failure of, not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until

be profaned
הֵחֵל֙ (hê·ḥêl)
Verb - Nifal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 2490: To bore, to wound, to dissolve, to profane, to break, to begin, to play

in the eyes
לְעֵינֵ֣י (lə·‘ê·nê)
Preposition-l | Noun - cdc
Strong's Hebrew 5869: An eye, a fountain

of the nations
הַגּוֹיִ֔ם (hag·gō·w·yim)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts

in whose
אֲשֶׁ֥ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

sight
לְעֵינֵיהֶֽם׃ (lə·‘ê·nê·hem)
Preposition-l | Noun - cdc | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5869: An eye, a fountain

I had brought them out.
הוֹצֵאתִ֖ים (hō·w·ṣê·ṯîm)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim


Additional Translations
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.But I worked for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.

But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I brought them out.

But I wrought so that my name should not be at all profaned before the Gentiles, before whose eyes I brought them out.

But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I had brought them out.

But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I brought them out.

But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be profaned before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.

But I worked for my name's sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I brought them out.

And I do it for My name's sake, Not to pollute it before the eyes of the nations, Before whose eyes I brought them forth.
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