Ezekiel 20:8-21

New International Version

⁸ “‘But they rebelled against me and would not listen to me;^(A) they did not get rid of the vile images they had set their eyes on, nor did they forsake the idols of Egypt.^(B) So I said I would pour out my wrath on them and spend my anger against them in Egypt.^{(C) 9} But for the sake of my name, I brought them out of Egypt.^(D) I did it to keep my name from being profaned^(E) in the eyes of the nations among whom they lived and in whose sight I had revealed myself to the Israelites. ¹⁰ Therefore I led them out of Egypt and brought them into the wilderness.^{(F) 11} I gave them my decrees and made known to them my laws, by which the person who obeys them will live.^{(G) 12} Also I gave them my Sabbaths^(H) as a sign^(I) between us,^(J) so they would know that I the Lord made them holy.^(K)

¹³ “‘Yet the people of Israel rebelled^(L) against me in the wilderness. They did not follow my decrees but rejected my laws^(M)—by which the person who obeys them will live—and they utterly desecrated my Sabbaths.^(N) So I said I would pour out my wrath^(O) on them and destroy^(P) them in the wilderness.^{(Q) 14} But for the sake of my name I did what would keep it from being profaned^(R) in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.^{(S) 15} Also with uplifted hand I swore^(T) to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land I had given them—a land flowing with milk and honey, the most beautiful of all lands^(U)— ¹⁶ because they rejected my laws^(V) and did not follow my decrees and desecrated my Sabbaths. For their hearts^(W) were devoted to their idols.^{(X) 17} Yet I looked on them with pity and did not destroy^(Y) them or put an end to them in the wilderness. ¹⁸ I said to their children in the wilderness, “Do not follow the statutes of your parents^(Z) or keep their laws or defile yourselves^(AA) with their idols. ¹⁹ I am the Lord your God;^(AB) follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.^{(AC) 20} Keep my Sabbaths^(AD) holy, that they may be a sign^(AE) between us. Then you will know that I am the Lord your God.^(AF)”

²¹ “‘But the children rebelled against me: They did not follow my decrees, they were not careful to keep my laws,^(AG) of which I said, “The person who obeys them will live by them,” and they desecrated my Sabbaths. So I said I would pour out my wrath on them and spend my anger^(AH) against them in the wilderness.^(AI)