Ezekiel 20:8–24

⁸And—they rebel against Me, And have not been willing to hearken to Me, Each, the detestable things of their eyes, They have not cast away, And the idols of Egypt have not forsaken, And I say—to pour out My fury on them, To complete Mine anger against them, In the midst of the land of Egypt. ⁹And I do it for My name’s sake, Not to pollute it before the eyes of the nations, In whose midst they are, Before whose eyes I became known to them, To bring them out from the land of Egypt.

¹⁰And I bring them out of the land of Egypt, And I bring them in unto the wilderness, ¹¹And I give to them My statutes, And my judgments I caused them to know, Which the man who doth—liveth by them. ¹²And also My sabbaths I have given to them, To be for a sign between Me and them, To know that I am Jehovah their sanctifier. ¹³And—rebel against me do the house of Israel in the wilderness, In My statutes they have not walked, And My judgments they have despised, Which the man who doth—liveth by them. And My sabbaths they have greatly polluted, And I say to pour out My fury on them in the wilderness, to consume them. ¹⁴And I do it for My name’s sake, Not to pollute it before the eyes of the nations, Before whose eyes I brought them forth. ¹⁵And also, I, I have lifted up My hand to them in the wilderness, Not to bring them in to the land that I had given, Flowing with milk and honey, A beauty it is to all the lands, ¹⁶Because against My judgments they did kick, And in My statutes they have not walked, And My sabbaths they have polluted, For after their idols their heart is going. ¹⁷And Mine eye hath pity on them—against destroying them, And I have not made of them an end in the wilderness. ¹⁸And I say to their sons in the wilderness: In the statutes of your fathers ye walk not, And their judgments ye do not observe, And with their idols ye are not defiled. ¹⁹I am Jehovah your God, in My statutes walk, And My judgments observe, and do them, ²⁰And My sabbaths sanctify, And they have been for a sign between Me and you, To know that I, Jehovah, am your God. ²¹And—the sons rebel against Me, In My statutes they have not walked, And My judgments they have not observed—to do them, Which the man who doth—liveth by them. My sabbaths they have polluted, And I say to pour out My fury upon them, To complete Mine anger against them in the wilderness. ²²And I have turned back My hand, And I do it for My name’s sake, Not to pollute it before the eyes of the nations, Before whose eyes I brought them out. ²³I also, I have lifted up My hand to them in the wilderness, To scatter them among nations, And to spread them through lands. ²⁴Because My judgments they have not done, And My statutes they have despised, And My sabbaths they have polluted, And after idols of their fathers have their eyes been.