The Holy name of God 거룩한 하나님의 이름

Ezekiel 36:16-38

The Lord’s Concern for His Holy Name

16 The word of the Lord came to me: 17 o“Son of man, when the house of Israel lived in their own land, pthey defiled it by their ways and their deeds. Their ways before me were qlike the uncleanness of a woman in her menstrual impurity. 18 So rI poured out my wrath upon them sfor the blood that they had shed in the land, for the idols twith which they had defiled it. 19 uI scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed through the countries. vIn accordance with their ways and their deeds I judged them. 20 But when they came to the nations, wherever they came, wthey profaned my holy name, in that people said of them, ‘These are the people of the Lord, and yet they had to go out of his land.’ 21 But I had concern xfor my holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations to which they came.


I Will Put My Spirit Within You
 

22 “Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: yIt is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for the sake of my holy name, wwhich you have profaned among the nations to which you came. 23 zAnd I will vindicate the holiness of my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, and which you have profaned among them. aAnd the nations will know that I am the Lord, declares the Lord God, when through you I vindicate my holiness before their eyes. 24 bI will take you cfrom the nations and gather you from all the countries and dbring you into your own land. 25 eI will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from fall your uncleannesses, and gfrom all your idols hI will cleanse you. 26 And I will give you ia new heart, and ia new spirit I will put within you. iAnd I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. 27 jAnd I will put my Spirit within you, iand cause you to walk in my statutes and kbe careful to obey my rules.1 28 lYou shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers, and myou shall be my people, and I will be your God. 29 And nI will deliver you from all your uncleannesses. And oI will summon the grain and make it abundant and play no famine upon you. 30 qI will make the fruit of the tree and the increase of the field abundant, othat you may never again suffer the disgrace of famine among the nations. 31 Then ryou will remember your evil ways, and your deeds that were not good, and you will loathe yourselves for your iniquities and your abominations. 32 yIt is not for your sake that I will act, declares the Lord God; let that be known to you. Be ashamed and confounded for your ways, O house of Israel.

33 “Thus says the Lord God: On the day that sI cleanse you from all your iniquities, tI will cause the cities to be inhabited, and the waste places shall be rebuilt. 34 And the land that was desolate shall be tilled, instead of being the desolation that it was in the sight of all who passed by. 35 And they will say, ‘This land that was desolate has become like uthe garden of Eden, and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are now fortified and inhabited.’ 36 Then vthe nations that are left all around you shall know that I am the Lord; I have rebuilt the ruined places and wreplanted that which was desolate. xI am the Lord; I have spoken, and I will do it.

37 “Thus says the Lord God: This also yI will let the house of Israel ask me to do for them: zto increase their people like aa flock. 38 Like the flock for sacrifices,2 blike the flock at Jerusalem during her appointed feasts, so tshall the waste cities be filled with flocks of people. cThen they will know that I am the Lord.” 

Thinking understanding

The Isralites defiled God's land with their unclean acts and were mocked for being 'banished from the Lord's land despite being the Lord's people, bringing shame on God's name. By restoring Israel, God will restore his own honor (vv. 16-24). This restoration refers not just to the restoration of the land but also to the complete transformation of the people's hearts. The people will be purified of their uncleanness, receive a new heart and spirit of obedience, and have their will governed by God's Spirit. Now, they will be used to be bless the places in which they dwell (vv.25-38).

이스라엘 백성들은 부정한 행위로 하나님의 땅을 더럽혔고, '주의 백성이지만 주의 땅에서 쫓겨난 자들'이라는 조롱을 들으며 하나님의 이름을 욕되게 한 자들입니다. 하나님은 이스라엘을 회복시키심으로, 스스로의 명예를 회복하실 것입니다(16-24). 이 회복은 땅의 회복뿐 아니라, 속사람의 완전한 변화를 의미합니다. 백성들은 부정으로부터 정결해지고, 순종하는 마음과 영을 받게 되며, 하나님의 영은 그들의 의지를 지배할 것입니다. 이제 그들은 자신들이 있는 곳에 복을 끼치는 존재가 될 것입니다. 

Who is God?

vv. 24-30 God will make the scattered Israelites return and make them new. God will put a new heart and new spirit into the people after they have been purified by judgement, and recreate them as 'people who obey' his word. They will become a people fit to live in the land of the covenant and God will no longer be ashamed to be called their God. 

흩어져 있던 이스라엘을 돌아오게 하여 그들을 새롭게 하실 것입니다. 심판으로 정화된 그들의 심령에 새 마음과 새 영을 주의 말씀에 '순종하는 백성'으로 창조하실 것입니다. 그들은 언약의 땅에 살기에 합당한 백성이 될 것이고, 하나님은 그들의 하나님이라 불리는 것을 부끄럽게 여기지 않을 것입니다.  

What lesson is God teaching us?

v. 37 God allows us to plead with him and respond to our pleas. God has already planned an abundant life for the Israelites. However, his chosen method to fulfill this plan is the prayer of his people. If we entreat God for help, God will turn his face to us and respond to our prayers. 

하나님께 간청하도록 허락하시고 그 요청에 응답해 주십니다. 하나님은 이스라엘의 풍성한 삶을 벌써 계획하셨습니다. 그러나 그 계획을 이루기 위해 선택하신 방법은 그의 백성들이 기도하는 것입니다. 우리가 하나님께 도움을 간청하면 하나님은 그 얼굴을 우리에게 돌려 우리의 기도에 응답하실 것입니다.