The Lord Said: "It's All about My Name"

 Ezekiel 36:22 “Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for the sake of my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations to which you came. 23 And I will vindicate the holiness of my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, and which you have profaned among them. And the nations will know that I am the Lord, declares the Lord God, when through you I vindicate my holiness before their eyes.

Having announced in detail what would happen to Jerusalem and Judea for their repeated disobedience, and to the nations for their world for arrogantly kicking them when they were down, God gets to the core reason for their judgment: the Holiness of His Name.  As His people, they had shamed His Name before the world, rebelling against Him, His word, and His ways.  They had violated their very purpose for existence: to glorify Him and draw all nations to Him.  There were many ways they had sinned, but it all boiled down to this: a lack of reverence for the name of the Lord. May we hold Him and His Name high.