Ezekiel 20:13-24

13“But the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not walk in My statutes. They rejected My judgments, which if a man does, he will live by them. They greatly profaned My Shabbatot. Then I resolved to pour out My fury on them in the wilderness to consume them.

14But for the sake of My Name I did what would keep it from being profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.

15Yet I also lifted My hand 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 splendor of all lands.

16For they rejected My laws, did not walk in My rulings and profaned My Shabbatot—for their heart went after their idols.

17Nevertheless, My eye spared them from destruction, so I did not make a full end of them in the wilderness.

18“I said to their children in the wilderness, ‘Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers, do not keep their ordinances, do not defile yourselves with their idols.

19I am Adonai your God. Walk in My statutes, keep My ordinances and do them.

20Keep My Shabbatot holy, so they will be a sign between Me and you, that you may know that I am Adonai your God.’

21“But the children rebelled against Me; they did not walk in My statutes. They did not keep My ordinances to do them, which if a man does, he will live by them; they profaned My Shabbatot. Then I resolved to pour out My fury on them, to expend My anger on them in the wilderness.

22Nevertheless, I withheld My hand. For the sake of My Name I did what would keep it from being profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.

23I also lifted up My hand to them in the wilderness, to scatter them among the nations and disperse them through the countries.

24For they had not obeyed My ordinances, but had rejected My statutes and profaned My Shabbatot. Their eyes went after their fathers’ idols.