Eze 36:22 | JFB | STEP | 22. not ... for your sakes-- that is, not for any merit in you; for, on the contrary, on your part, there is everything to call down continued severity (compare , ). The sole and sure ground of hope was God's regard to "His own name," as the God of covenant grace ( ), which He must vindicate from the dishonor brought on it by the Jews, before the heathen.

‏ Ezekiel 36:22

22. not ... for your sakes--that is, not for any merit in you; for, on the contrary, on your part, there is everything to call down continued severity (compare De 9:5, 6). The sole and sure ground of hope was God's regard to "His own name," as the God of covenant grace (Psa 106:45), which He must vindicate from the dishonor brought on it by the Jews, before the heathen.