Ezekiel 36:21
20 But when they arrived in the nations where they went, they profaned my holy name. It was said of them, ‘These are the people of the Lord, yet they have departed from his land.’ 21 I was concerned for my holy reputation, which the house of Israel profaned among the nations where they went. 22 “Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: It is not for your sake that I am about to act, O house of Israel, but for the sake of my holy reputation, which you profaned among the nations where you went.
LXX Ezekiel 36:22
21 And I had pity on them on account of my holy name, which the house of Israel profaned among the nations wherever they entered there. 22 “On account of this, say to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the Lord says: “I shall act not for you, O house of Israel, but rather on account of my holy name, which you profaned among the nations where you went there. 23 And I shall sanctify my great name which was profaned among the nations which you profaned in the middle of them. And the nations will know that I am the Lord, when I am sanctified by before their eyes.
Notes and References
"... In the Masoretic text of Ezekiel 36:21, the promise of Israel’s return is motivated by concerns of God’s name as in the following verse 22; in the Septuagint, the sparing of Israel is the stated reason which avoids the contradiction to Israel’s history which – from the perspective of the translators – found the continuation in the Holy land ..."
Meiser, Martin The Septuagint and Its Reception: Collected Essays (p. 22) Mohr Siebeck, 2022