Ezekiel 20:8–24

⁸“But they ^arebelled against Me and were not willing to listen to Me; ¹they did not cast away the detestable things of their eyes, nor did they forsake the ^bidols of Egypt.

Then I ²resolved to ^cpour out My wrath on them, to accomplish My anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.

⁹“But I acted ^afor the sake of My name, that it should ^bnot be profaned in the sight of the nations among whom they lived, in whose sight I made Myself known to them by bringing them out of the land of Egypt.

¹⁰“So I took them out of the land of Egypt and brought them into the ^awilderness.

¹¹“I gave them My ^astatutes and informed them of My ordinances, by ^bwhich, if a man ¹observes them, he will live.

¹²“Also I gave them My sabbaths to be a ^asign between Me and them, that they might know that I am the Lord who sanctifies them.

¹³“But the house of Israel ^arebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not walk in My statutes and they rejected My ordinances, ^bby which, if a man ¹observes them, he will live; and My ^csabbaths they greatly profaned. Then I ²resolved to ^dpour out My wrath on them in the wilderness, to annihilate them.

¹⁴“But I acted for the sake of My name, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, before whose sight I had brought them out.

¹⁵“Also ^aI swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands,

¹⁶because they rejected My ordinances, and as for My statutes, they did not walk in them; they even profaned My sabbaths, for their ^aheart continually went after their idols.

¹⁷“Yet My eye spared them rather than destroying them, and I did not cause their ^aannihilation in the wilderness.

¹⁸“I said to their ^1achildren in the wilderness, ‘^bDo not walk in the statutes of your fathers or keep their ordinances or defile yourselves with their idols.

¹⁹‘^aI am the Lord your God; ^bwalk in My statutes and keep My ordinances and ¹observe them.

²⁰‘^aSanctify My sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between Me and you, that you may know that I am the Lord your God.’

²¹“But the ^achildren rebelled against Me; they did not walk in My statutes, nor were they careful to observe My ordinances, by which, if a man observes them, he will live; they profaned My sabbaths. So I ¹resolved to pour out My wrath on them, to accomplish My anger against them in the wilderness.

²²“But I ^awithdrew My hand and acted ^bfor the sake of My name, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.

²³“Also I swore to them in the wilderness that I would ^ascatter them among the nations and disperse them among the lands,

²⁴because they had not observed My ordinances, but had rejected My statutes and had profaned My sabbaths, and ^atheir eyes were ¹on the idols of their fathers.