Ezekiel 20:7-24

7I said to them, ‘1Cast away, each of you, the detestable things of his eyes, and 2do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt; 3I am the Lord your God.’ 8But they 4rebelled against Me and were not willing to listen to Me; 5they did not cast away the detestable things of their eyes, nor did they forsake the 6idols of Egypt.

Then I 7resolved to 8pour out My wrath on them, to accomplish My anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt. 9But I acted 9for the sake of My name, that it should 10not 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. 10So I took them out of the land of Egypt and brought them into the 11wilderness. 11I gave them My 12statutes and informed them of My ordinances, by 13which, if a man 14observes them, he will live. 12Also I gave them My sabbaths to be a 15sign between Me and them, that they might know that I am the Lord who sanctifies them. 13But the house of Israel 16rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not walk in My statutes and they rejected My ordinances, 17by which, if a man 18observes them, he will live; and My 19sabbaths they greatly profaned. Then I 20resolved to 21pour 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 22I 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 23heart continually went after their idols. 17Yet My eye spared them rather than destroying them, and I did not cause their 24annihilation in the wilderness.

18“I said to their 2526children in the wilderness, ‘27Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers or keep their ordinances or defile yourselves with their idols. 1928I am the Lord your God; 29walk in My statutes and keep My ordinances and 30observe them. 2031Sanctify 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 32children 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 33resolved to pour out My wrath on them, to accomplish My anger against them in the wilderness. 22But I 34withdrew My hand and acted 35for 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 36scatter 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 37their eyes were 38on the idols of their fathers.