Charles Ellicott Commentary Ezekiel 36:23

"And I will sanctify my great name, which hath been profaned among the nations, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the nations shall know that I am Jehovah, saith the Lord Jehovah, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes." — Ezekiel 36:23 (ASV)

Before their eyes.— The Hebrew text as it stands has your eyes, as in the margin. Many manuscripts and other authorities have their. Either of them allows for an excellent sense; but the reading your brings out the important truth that God must first be sanctified in the eyes of the people themselves by their repentance and moral reformation, and then, through them and the consequent blessing upon them, He will be sanctified in the eyes of the nations also.