Therefore say to the house of Israel, 'This is what the Sovereign Lord Jehovah says: Not for your sakes am I acting, O house of Israel, but for my holy name, which you profaned among the nations where you have gone. ' 'I will certainly sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the nations, which you profaned among them; and the nations will have to know that I am Jehovah,' declares the Sovereign Lord Jehovah, 'when I am sanctified among you before their eyes.

Ezekiel 36:22-23, NWT