The Pulpit Commentary on Ezekiel 36:21

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

I had pity for mille holy Name. Havernick, after the LXX; wrongly renders, "I spared (them, i.e. Israel) for my holy Name s sake; but the preposition for or "upon" following the verb usually marks the object upon which the action of the verb terminates (see Ezekiel 16:5).

Gesenius translates, "I will be sparing of my holy Name;" i.e. I will care for its honor.

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