Ezekiel 20:18-26

18“Instead, I saidH559 to their 12childrenH1121 in the wildernessH4057, ‘3Do not walkH1980 in the statutesH2706 of your fathersH1 or keepH8104 their ordinancesH4941 or defileH2930 yourselves with their idolsH1544. 194I am the LordH3068 your GodH430; 5walkH1980 in My statutesH2708 and keepH8104 My ordinancesH4941 and 6followH6213 them. 207SanctifyH6942 My SabbathsH7676; and they shall be a signH226 betweenH996 Me and you, so that you may knowH3045 that I am the LordH3068 your GodH430.’ 21But the 8childrenH1121 rebelledH4784 against Me; they did not walkH1980 in My statutesH2708, norH3808 wereH8104 they carefulH8104 to 9followH6213 My ordinancesH4941 whichH834, if 10a personH120 11followsH6213 them, then he will liveH2421 by them; they profanedH2490 My SabbathsH7676. So I 12resolvedH559 to pourH8210 outH8210 My wrathH2534 on them, to 13useH3615 upH3615 My angerH639 against them in the wildernessH4057. 22But I 14withdrewH7725 My handH3027 and actedH6213 15for the sakeH4616 of My nameH8034, so that it would not be defiledH2490 in the sightH5869 of the nationsH1471 in whoseH834 sightH5869 I had broughtH3318 them outH3318. 23AlsoH1571 I sworeH5375H3027 to them in the wildernessH4057 that I would 16scatterH6327 them among the nationsH1471 and disperseH2219 them among the landsH776, 24becauseH3282 they had not 17compliedH6213 withH6213 My ordinancesH4941, but had rejectedH3988 My statutesH2708 and had profanedH2490 My SabbathsH7676, and 18their eyesH5869 were 19on the idolsH1544 of their fathersH1. 25I alsoH1571 gaveH5414 them statutesH2706 that were 20not goodH2896, and ordinancesH4941 by which they could not liveH2421; 26and I pronouncedH2930 them 21uncleanH2930 because of their giftsH4979, in that they 22made allH3605 23their firstbornH1060H7358 passH5674 throughH5674 the fire soH4616 thatH4616 I might makeH8074 them desolateH8074, inH4616 orderH4616 thatH4616 they might 24knowH3045 that I am the LordH3068.”’