Ezekiel · יְחֶזְקֵאל

Ezekiel 20:9

וָאַ֙עַשׂ֙ לְמַ֣עַן שְׁמִ֔י לְבִלְתִּ֥י הֵחֵ֛ל לְעֵינֵ֥י הַגּוֹיִ֖ם אֲשֶׁר־הֵ֣מָּה בְתוֹכָ֑ם אֲשֶׁ֨ר נוֹדַ֤עְתִּי אֲלֵיהֶם֙ לְעֵ֣ינֵיהֶ֔ם לְהוֹצִיאָ֖ם מֵאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם׃
vaʾaʿas lmaʿan shmiy lbiltiy heḥel lʿeyney hagvoyim ʾasher-hemah btvokam ʾasher nvodaʿtiy ʾaleyhem lʿeyneyhem lhvoṣiyʾam meʾereṣ miṣrayim
King James Version (KJV)

But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, among whom they {were}, in whose sight I made myself known unto them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.

Modern English

But I worked for my name’s sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, among which they were, in whose sight I made myself known to them, in bringing them out of the land of Egypt.

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