Ezekiel 20:14-19 English Revised Version (ERV)

14. But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I brought them out.

15. Moreover also I lifted up my hand unto 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 walked not in my statutes, and profaned my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.

17. Nevertheless mine eye spared them from destroying them, neither did I make a full end of them in the wilderness.

18. And I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols:

19. I am the LORD your God; walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them:

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