Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I do not [this] for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name's sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went.
Ver. 22. I do not this for your sakes.] To do good without respect of desert is royal, yea, it is divine.
But for mine own holy name's sake.] God maketh our utter unworthiness a foil to set forth the freeness of his love, in making us worthy whom he found not so.