Ezekiel 20:8–24

⁸But ^sthey rebelled against me, and would not hearken unto me: they did not every man ^ocast away the abominations of their eyes, neither did they forsake ^rthe idols of Egypt: ^tthen I said, I will pour out my fury upon them, ^uto accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt. ^9vBut I wrought ^wfor my name’s sake, ^vthat it should not be polluted before the heathen, among whom they were, ^vin whose sight I made myself known unto them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt. ¹⁰Wherefore ^xI caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt, and brought them ^yinto the wilderness. ¹¹And ^zI gave them my statutes, and ^†shewed them my judgments, ^awhich if a man do, ^abhe shall even live in them. ¹²Moreover also I gave them ^cmy sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that ^dI am the Lord that sanctify them. ¹³But the house of Israel ^erebelled against me in the wilderness: ^fthey walked not in my statutes, and ^fthey despised my judgments, ^awhich if a man do, he shall even live in them; and ^cfmy sabbaths they greatly polluted: ^gthen I said, I would pour out my fury upon them ^hin the wilderness, ^gto consume them. ¹⁴ⁱBut I wrought for my name’s sake, ⁱthat it should not be polluted before the heathen, ⁱin whose sight I brought them out. ¹⁵Yet also I ^klifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, ^lflowing with milk and honey, ^lwhich is the glory of all lands; ¹⁶Because ^fthey despised my judgments, and ^fwalked not in my statutes, but ^fpolluted ^cmy sabbaths: for ^mtheir heart went after their idols. ¹⁷ⁿNevertheless ^omine eye spared them from destroying them, neither ^pdid I make an end of them in the wilderness. ¹⁸But I said unto ^qtheir children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in ^rthe statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor ^sdefile yourselves with their idols: ¹⁹I am the Lord your God; ^twalk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; ²⁰And ^uhallow ^cmy sabbaths; and ^uuthey shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the Lord your God. ²¹Notwithstanding ^vthe children ^wrebelled against me: ^fthey walked not in my statutes, ^fneither kept my judgments to do them, ^awhich if a man do, he shall even live in them; ^fthey polluted my sabbaths: ^gthen I said, I would pour out my fury upon them, ^wto accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness. ²²ⁿNevertheless I withdrew mine hand, and ⁱwrought for my name’s sake, ⁱthat it should not be polluted in the sight of the heathen, in whose sight I brought them forth. ²³I ^xlifted up mine hand unto them also in the wilderness, that I would ^yscatter them among the heathen, and ^zdisperse them through the countries; ²⁴Because ^fthey had not executed my judgments, but ^fhad despised my statutes, and ^fhad polluted my sabbaths, and ^atheir eyes were after their fathers’ idols.