Ezekiel 20:10-26

10So I took them out of the land of Egypt and brought them into the 1wilderness. 11I gave them My 2statutes and informed them of My ordinances, 3which, if 4a person 5follows them, then he will live by them. 12Also I gave them My Sabbaths to be a 6sign between Me and them, so that they might know that I am the Lord who sanctifies them. 13But the house of Israel 7rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not walk in My statutes and they rejected My ordinances, 8which, if 9a person 10follows them, then he will live by them; and they greatly profaned My 11Sabbaths. Then I 12resolved to 13pour out My wrath on them in the wilderness, to annihilate them. 14But I acted for the sake of My name, so that it would not be defiled before the eyes of the nations, before whose eyes I had brought them out. 15Also 14I 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 the lands, 16because they rejected My ordinances, and as for My statutes, they did not walk in them; they also profaned My Sabbaths, because their 15heart continually followed their idols. 17Yet My eye spared them rather than destroying them, and I did not bring about their 16annihilation in the wilderness.

18“Instead, I said to their 1718children in the wilderness, ‘19Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers or keep their ordinances or defile yourselves with their idols. 1920I am the Lord your God; 21walk in My statutes and keep My ordinances and 22follow them. 2023Sanctify My Sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between Me and you, so that you may know that I am the Lord your God.’ 21But the 24children rebelled against Me; they did not walk in My statutes, nor were they careful to 25follow My ordinances which, if 26a person 27follows them, then he will live by them; they profaned My Sabbaths. So I 28resolved to pour out My wrath on them, to 29use up My anger against them in the wilderness. 22But I 30withdrew My hand and acted 31for the sake of My name, so that it would not be defiled 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 32scatter them among the nations and disperse them among the lands, 24because they had not 33complied with My ordinances, but had rejected My statutes and had profaned My Sabbaths, and 34their eyes were 35on the idols of their fathers. 25I also gave them statutes that were 36not good, and ordinances by which they could not live; 26and I pronounced them 37unclean because of their gifts, in that they 38made all 39their firstborn pass through the fire so that I might make them desolate, in order that they might 40know that I am the Lord.”’