Ezekiel 20:10-26 - LSB - Legacy Standard Bible

Ezekiel 20:10-26

10 So I took them out of the land of Egypt and brought them into the ^awilderness. 11 I gave them My ^astatutes and made them know My judgments, ^bwhich, if a man does them, he will live by them. 12 And I also gave them My sabbaths to be a ^asign between Me and them, that they might know that I am Yahweh who sanctifies them. 13 But the house of Israel ^arebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not walk in My statutes, and they rejected My judgments, ^bwhich, if a man does them, he will live by them; and My ^csabbaths they greatly profaned. Then I said I would ^dpour out My wrath on them in the wilderness, to completely destroy them. 14 But I acted for the sake of My name, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, before whose sight I had brought them out. 15 Also ^aI swore 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 glory of all lands, 16 because they rejected My judgments, and as for My statutes, they did not walk in them; they even profaned My sabbaths, for their ^aheart continually walked after their idols. 17 Yet My eye had pity on them rather than bringing them to ruin, and I did not make of them a ^acomplete destruction in the wilderness.
18 “I said to their ¹^achildren in the wilderness, ‘^bDo not walk in the statutes of your fathers and do not keep their judgments and do not defile yourselves with their idols. 19 ^aI am Yahweh your God; ^bwalk in My statutes and keep My judgments and do them. 20 ^aKeep My sabbaths holy; and they shall be a sign between Me and you, that you may know that I am Yahweh your God.’ 21 But the ^achildren rebelled against Me; they did not walk in My statutes, nor were they careful to do My judgments, which, if a man does them, he will live by them; they profaned My sabbaths. So I said I would pour out My wrath on them, to spend My anger against them in the wilderness. 22 But I ^aturned back My hand and acted ^bfor the sake of My name, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out. 23 Also I swore to them in the wilderness that I would ^ascatter them among the nations and ¹disperse them among the lands 24 because they had not done My judgments, but had rejected My statutes and had profaned My sabbaths, and ^atheir eyes were going after the idols of their fathers. 25 And I also gave them statutes that were ^anot good and judgments by which they could not live; 26 and I pronounced them ^aunclean because of their gifts, in that they ^bcaused all ¹their firstborn to pass through the fire so that I might make them desolate, in order that they might ^cknow that I am Yahweh.”’