And the heathen shall know that I the LORD do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.
Parallel translations
- WEB The nations shall know that I am Yahweh who sanctifies Israel, when my sanctuary shall be among them forever more.
- BSB Then the nations will know that I the LORD sanctify Israel, when My sanctuary is among them forever.’”
- NKJV The nations also will know that I, the Lord, sanctify Israel, when My sanctuary is in their midst forevermore.” ’ ”
- NASB And the nations will know that I am the Lord who sanctifies Israel, when My sanctuary is in their midst forever.” ’ ”
- NLT And when my Temple is among them forever, the nations will know that I am the Lord, who makes Israel holy.”
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Quick answer
The nations will know that Yahweh sanctifies Israel when His sanctuary is among them forever. God's presence among His people is His witness to the world.
Overview
When God's sanctuary dwells permanently among His people, the nations will recognize Him as the One who makes Israel holy. God's sanctifying presence testifies to His lordship. This points to the church as God's holy temple and to the day when God's glory fills the new creation.
Cross-references & the web
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- John 17:17–19Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
- Ezek 20:12Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify them.
- Exod 31:13Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you.
- 1 Cor 1:30But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
- Eph 5:26That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
- 1 Th 5:23And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- Lev 21:8Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the LORD, which sanctify you, am holy.
- Ezek 36:23And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.
- Lev 20:8And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the LORD which sanctify you.
- Ezek 39:7So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.
- Ps 102:15So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.
- Ezek 36:36Then the heathen that are left round about you shall know that I the LORD build the ruined places, and plant that that was desolate: I the LORD have spoken it, and I will do it.
- Rom 11:15For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?
- Ps 79:10Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight by the revenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed.
- Ps 126:2Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them.
- Ezek 38:23Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD.
- Ezek 39:23And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity: because they trespassed against me, therefore hid I my face from them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies: so fell they all by the sword.
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