Ezekiel 20:5-9

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5 and say to them, ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, “On the day when I ^achose Israel and ¹swore to the seed of the house of Jacob and made Myself known to them in the land of Egypt, when I swore to them, saying, ^bI am Yahweh your God, 6 on that day I swore to them, ^ato bring them out from the land of Egypt into a land that I had ¹selected for them, ^bflowing with milk and honey, which is ^cthe glory of all lands. 7 I said to them, ‘^aCast away, each of you, the detestable things of his eyes, and ^bdo not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt; ^cI am Yahweh your God.’ 8 But they ^arebelled against Me and were not willing to listen to Me; each one did not cast away the detestable things of their eyes, nor did they forsake the ^bidols of Egypt.
Then I said I would ^cpour out My wrath on them, to ¹spend My anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt. 9 But I acted ^afor the sake of My name, that it should ^bnot be profaned in the sight of the nations among whom they lived, in whose sight I made Myself known to them by bringing them out of the land of Egypt.