Ezequiel 36:20

20 pero esparcidos entre las naciones, deshonraron mi santo nombre. Pues las naciones decían: “¡Estos son el pueblo del Señor
, pero él no pudo protegerlos en su propia tierra!”.

Ezequiel 36:20 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 36:20

And when they entered unto the Heathen, whither they went,
&c.] When the Jews went into the Heathen countries, whither they were carried captive, either by the Chaldeans, or by the Romans: they profaned my holy name;
by their irreligion and immorality; by their violation of both tables of the law; by their wicked lives and conversations, whereby they gave the enemy an occasion to reproach them, their religion, and their God, ( Romans 2:24 ) : when they said to them, these are the people of the Lord, and are gone
forth out of his land;
these are the men that boast they are the people of the Lord, whom he has chosen above all people, and see what a wicked people they are; for their sins they are driven out of the land, and become our captives: or though they were the Lord's people, as they pretend, and were under his care and protection; yet he was not able to keep them in their own land, and deliver them out of our hands, but they are carried captive by us; and thus the name of God, his being and perfections, were blasphemed, and his word, worship, and worshippers, were ridiculed by them. The Targum is,

``if these are the people of the Lord, how is it that they are gone out of the land of the house of his majesty?''

Ezequiel 36:20 In-Context

18 Contaminaron la tierra con homicidios y con la adoración de ídolos,
por eso derramé mi furia sobre ellos.

19 Los esparcí por varios países a fin de castigarlos por su mala manera de vivir;

20 pero esparcidos entre las naciones, deshonraron mi santo nombre. Pues las naciones decían: “¡Estos son el pueblo del Señor
, pero él no pudo protegerlos en su propia tierra!”.

21 Entonces me preocupé por mi santo nombre, al cual mi pueblo trajo vergüenza entre las naciones.

22 »Por lo tanto, da este mensaje a los israelitas de parte del Señor
Soberano: “Los llevaré de regreso a su tierra, pero no porque lo merezcan sino para proteger mi santo nombre, que deshonraron mientras estaban esparcidos entre las naciones.