Ezekiel 20:15-17

Contemporary English Version

^15 (A) Instead, I told them in the desert that I would not lead them into the beautiful, fertile land I had promised. ¹⁶ I said this because they had not only ignored my laws and teachings, but had disgraced my Sabbath and worshiped idols.

¹⁷ Yet, I felt sorry for them and could not let them die in the desert.