Ezekiel 20:13-24

13But the house of Israel 1rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not walk in My statutes and they rejected My ordinances, 2by which, if a man 3observes them, he will live; and My 4sabbaths they greatly profaned. Then I 5resolved to 6pour out My wrath on them in the wilderness, to annihilate them. 14But 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. 15Also 7I 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 8heart continually went after their idols. 17Yet My eye spared them rather than destroying them, and I did not cause their 9annihilation in the wilderness.

18“I said to their 1011children in the wilderness, ‘12Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers or keep their ordinances or defile yourselves with their idols. 1913I am the Lord your God; 14walk in My statutes and keep My ordinances and 15observe them. 2016Sanctify My sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between Me and you, that you may know that I am the Lord your God.’ 21But the 17children 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 18resolved to pour out My wrath on them, to accomplish My anger against them in the wilderness. 22But I 19withdrew My hand and acted 20for 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. 23Also I swore to them in the wilderness that I would 21scatter 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 22their eyes were 23on the idols of their fathers.