John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 36:32
Not for your sakes do I this, saith the Lord ,.... Not for any worth or worthiness in them; for any merit or desert of theirs; for any goodness in them, or works of righteousness done by them; no, it purely flowed from his own unmerited grace and goodness; for his own sake, and for his own glory, will he do it; see Deuteronomy 9:4 , be it known unto you ; this the Lord would have this people take notice of, who were very fond of their own righteousness and merits, and to trust therein,... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 36:25-38
The people of God might be discouraged in their hopes of a restoration by the sense not only of their unworthiness of such a favour (which was answered, in the Ezek. 36:1-24, with this, that God, in doing it, would have an eye to his own glory, not to their worthiness), but of their unfitness for such a favour, being still corrupt and sinful; and that is answered in these verses, with a promise that God would by his grace prepare and qualify them for the mercy and then bestow it on them. And... read more