Ezekiel 20:6–17

6 In the day that I hlifted up mine hand unto them, lto bring them forth of the land of Egypt into a land that I had mespied for them, lnflowing with milk and honey, which is nthe glory of all lands: 7 Then said I unto them, oCast ye away every man the abominations pof his eyes, and qdefile not yourselves with rthe idols of Egypt: kI am the Lord your God. 8 But 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. 9 vBut 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. 10 Wherefore xI caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt, and brought them yinto the wilderness. 11 And zI gave them my statutes, and †shewed them my judgments, awhich if a man do, abhe shall even live in them. 12 Moreover 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. 13 But 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. 14 iBut I wrought for my name’s sake, ithat it should not be polluted before the heathen, iin whose sight I brought them out. 15 Yet 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; 16 Because fthey despised my judgments, and fwalked not in my statutes, but fpolluted cmy sabbaths: for mtheir heart went after their idols. 17 nNevertheless omine eye spared them from destroying them, neither pdid I make an end of them in the wilderness.