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The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Ezekiel 38:23

I will magnify and sanctify Myself, and will reveal Myself in the sight of many nations. Then they will know that I am the LORD.'

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Afflictions and Adversities;   Judgments;   Scofield Reference Index - Armageddon;   The Topic Concordance - Israel/jews;   Knowledge;   Last Days;   Nations;   Sanctification;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Afflictions of the Wicked, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Gog and Magog;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ezekiel;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Gog;   Sanctification, Sanctify;   Thessalonians, Second Epistle to the;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Gog;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Hallow;   Sanctification;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Holiness;   Ḳaddish;   Lord's Prayer, the;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I will display my greatness and holiness, and will reveal myself in the sight of many nations. Then they will know that I am the Lord.’
Hebrew Names Version
I will magnify myself, and sanctify myself, and I will make myself known in the eyes of many nations; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
King James Version
Thus 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 .
English Standard Version
So I will show my greatness and my holiness and make myself known in the eyes of many nations. Then they will know that I am the Lord .
New American Standard Bible
"So I will prove Myself great, show Myself holy, and make Myself known in the sight of many nations; and they will know that I am the LORD."'
New Century Version
Then I will show how great I am. I will show my holiness, and I will make myself known to the many nations that watch. Then they will know that I am the Lord .'
Amplified Bible
"Thus I shall magnify Myself and demonstrate My greatness and sanctify Myself, and I will be recognized and will make Myself known in the sight of many nations; they will know [without any doubt] that I am the LORD."'
Geneva Bible (1587)
Thus will I be magnified, and sanctified, and knowen in the eyes of many nations, & they shall knowe, that I am the Lord.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"I will magnify Myself, sanctify Myself, and make Myself known in the sight of many nations; and they will know that I am the LORD."'
Legacy Standard Bible
And I will magnify Myself, I will manifest Myself as holy, and I will make Myself known in the sight of many nations; and they will know that I am Yahweh."'
Contemporary English Version
I will do these things to show the world that I, the Lord , am holy.
Complete Jewish Bible
I will show my greatness and holiness, making myself known in the sight of many nations; then they will know that I am Adonai .'
Darby Translation
And I will magnify myself, and sanctify myself, and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I [am] Jehovah.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then I will show how great I am. I will prove that I am holy. Many nations will see me do these things, and they will learn who I am. Then they will know that I am the Lord .
George Lamsa Translation
Thus will I magnify myself and sanctify myself in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD.
Good News Translation
In this way I will show all the nations that I am great and that I am holy. They will know then that I am the Lord ."
Lexham English Bible
And so I will exalt myself, and I will show myself holy, and I will make myself known before the eyes of many nations, and they will know that I am Yahweh.'"
Literal Translation
And I will magnify Myself and sanctify Myself. And I will be known in the eyes of the many nations, and they shall know that I am Jehovah.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thus wil I be magnified, honoured, and knowne amonge the Heithen: that they maye be sure, how yt I am ye LORDE.
American Standard Version
And I will magnify myself, and sanctify myself, and I will make myself known in the eyes of many nations; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.
Bible in Basic English
And I will make my name great and make myself holy, and I will make myself clear to a number of nations; and they will be certain that I am the Lord.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Thus will I magnify Myself, and sanctify Myself, and I will make Myself known in the eyes of many nations; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
King James Version (1611)
Thus will I magnifie my selfe, and sanctifie my selfe, and I will be knowen in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the Lord.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thus will I be magnified, sanctified, and knowen in the eyes of many nations: and they shall knowe that I am the Lorde.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And I will be magnified, and sanctified, and glorified; and I will be known in the presence of many nations, and they shall know that I am the Lord.
English Revised Version
And I will magnify myself, and sanctify myself, and I will make myself known in the eyes of many nations; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
World English Bible
I will magnify myself, and sanctify myself, and I will make myself known in the eyes of many nations; and they shall know that I am Yahweh.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Y schal be magnefied, and Y shal be halewid, and Y shal be knowun bifore the iyen of many folkis; and thei schulen wite, that Y am the Lord.
Update Bible Version
And I will magnify myself, and sanctify myself, and I will make myself known in the eyes of many nations; and they shall know that I am Yahweh.
Webster's Bible Translation
Thus 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.
New English Translation
I will exalt and magnify myself; I will reveal myself before many nations. Then they will know that I am the Lord .'
New King James Version
Thus I will magnify Myself and sanctify Myself, and I will be known in the eyes of many nations. Then they shall know that I am the LORD."'
New Living Translation
In this way, I will show my greatness and holiness, and I will make myself known to all the nations of the world. Then they will know that I am the Lord .
New Life Bible
I will show the many nations that I am great and holy. And they will know that I am the Lord."
New Revised Standard
So I will display my greatness and my holiness and make myself known in the eyes of many nations. Then they shall know that I am the Lord .
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So will I Magnify myself and Hallow myself, and Make myself known. Before the eye of many nations, - And they shall know that I, am Yahweh.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And I will be magnified, and I will be sanctified: and I will be known in the eyes of many nations and they shall know that I am the Lord.
Revised Standard Version
So I will show my greatness and my holiness and make myself known in the eyes of many nations. Then they will know that I am the LORD.
Young's Literal Translation
And I have magnified Myself, and sanctified Myself, And I have been known before the eyes of many nations, And they have known that I [am] Jehovah!
THE MESSAGE
"‘I'll show you how great I am, how holy I am. I'll make myself known all over the world. Then you'll realize that I am God .'"

Contextual Overview

14Therefore prophesy, son of man, and tell Gog that this is what the Lord GOD says: 'On that day when My people Israel are dwelling securely, will you not take notice of this? 15And you will come from your place out of the far north-you and many peoples with you, all riding horses-a mighty horde, a huge army. 16You will advance against My people Israel like a cloud covering the land. It will happen in the last days, O Gog, that I will bring you against My land, so that the nations may know Me when I show Myself holy in you before their eyes.' 17This is what the Lord GOD says: 'Are you the one of whom I have spoken in former days through My servants, the prophets of Israel, who for years prophesied in those times that I would bring you against them? 18Now on that day, the day when Gog comes against the land of Israel, declares the Lord GOD, My wrath will flare up. 19In My zeal and fiery rage I proclaim that on that day there will be a great earthquake in the land of Israel. 20The fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the beasts of the field, every creature that crawls upon the ground, and all mankind on the face of the earth will tremble at My presence. The mountains will be thrown down, the cliffs will collapse, and every wall will fall to the ground. 21And I will summon a sword against Gog on all My mountains, declares the Lord GOD, and every man's sword will be against his brother. 22I will execute judgment upon him with plague and bloodshed. I will pour out torrents of rain, hailstones, fire, and brimstone on him and on his troops and on the many nations with him. 23I will magnify and sanctify Myself, and will reveal Myself in the sight of many nations. Then they will know that I am the LORD.'

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

magnify: Ezekiel 36:23

and I: Ezekiel 38:16, Ezekiel 37:28, Ezekiel 39:7, Ezekiel 39:13, Ezekiel 39:27, Psalms 9:16, Revelation 15:3, Revelation 15:4, Revelation 19:1-6

Reciprocal: Exodus 7:17 - thou shalt Psalms 46:10 - I will be Psalms 59:13 - and let Psalms 83:18 - That men Isaiah 5:16 - the Lord Isaiah 25:3 - General Isaiah 45:6 - General Isaiah 64:2 - to make Ezekiel 6:7 - and ye Ezekiel 20:41 - and I will Ezekiel 20:42 - ye shall Ezekiel 25:5 - and ye Ezekiel 28:22 - shall be Ezekiel 28:25 - be sanctified Ezekiel 30:25 - they shall know Ezekiel 37:6 - ye shall Ezekiel 39:21 - I will set Daniel 11:45 - he shall come Hosea 2:20 - and Hosea 9:7 - Israel Micah 7:16 - nations Malachi 1:5 - The Lord Malachi 2:4 - ye Matthew 6:9 - Hallowed

Cross-References

2 Samuel 12:9
Why then have you despised the command of the LORD by doing evil in His sight? You struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and took his wife as your own, for you have slain him with the sword of the Ammonites.
Proverbs 6:33
Wounds and dishonor will befall him, and his reproach will never be wiped away.
Romans 6:21
What fruit did you reap at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? The outcome of those things is death.
2 Corinthians 4:2
Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not practice deceit, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by open proclamation of the truth, we commend ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
Ephesians 5:12
For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.
Revelation 16:15
"Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who remains awake and clothed, so that he will not go naked and let his shame be exposed."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thus will l magnify myself, and sanctify myself,.... Show the greatness of his power, and the strictness of his justice and holiness, and glorify these, and all other of his perfections, in the destruction of the enemies of his people:

and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the Lord; Heathen nations shall now come to the knowledge of the true God, and his Son Jesus Christ, and of the Christian religion, and shall embrace and profess it; :-, the kingdoms of the world will now become the Lord's, Revelation 11:15.


 
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