Eze 36:22-23 | JFB | STEP | 22. not ... for your sakes-- that is, not for any merit in you; for, on the contrary, on your part, there is everything to call down continued severity (compare , ). The sole and sure ground of hope was God's regard to "His own name," as the God of covenant grace ( ), which He must vindicate from the dishonor brought on it by the Jews, before the heathen.

‏ Ezekiel 36:22-23

22. not ... for your sakes--that is, not for any merit in you; for, on the contrary, on your part, there is everything to call down continued severity (compare De 9:5, 6). The sole and sure ground of hope was God's regard to "His own name," as the God of covenant grace (Psa 106:45), which He must vindicate from the dishonor brought on it by the Jews, before the heathen.

23. sanctify--vindicate and manifest as holy, in opposition to the heathen reproaches of it brought on by the Jews' sins and their punishment (see on Eze 36:20).

sanctified in you--that is, in respect of you; I shall be regarded in their eyes as the Holy One, and righteous in My dealings towards you (Eze 20:41; 28:22).