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Ezekiel 36:22–28
Israel’s exile profaned God’s reputation among the nations because outsiders concluded that the LORD could not preserve his people. Restoration therefore rests ultimately on God’s concern for his holy name, not Israel’s merit: he will act so that the nations recognize his holiness even through a people who had deeply dishonored him.
The restoration promise moves from regathering to inward transformation: God will cleanse his people, remove the heart of stone, give a heart of flesh, put his Spirit within them, and cause them to walk in his ways. This is a major new-covenant trajectory behind New Testament regeneration language, including the probable Ezekiel background to John 3’s water-and-Spirit saying and the cleansing-and-renewal language of Titus 3.
The prayer for God's name to be hallowed and his rule/will to be realized resonates strongly with Ezekiel's promise that God will sanctify his great name, gather and cleanse his people, and put his Spirit within them.
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