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And I said to them, “Each of you, get rid of the vile images you have set your eyes on, and do not defile yourselves
with the idols of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.”
“‘But they rebelled against me and would not listen to me; they did not get rid of the vile images they had set their
eyes on, nor did they forsake the idols of Egypt. So I said I would pour out my wrath on them and spend my anger
against them in Egypt.
Ezekiel 20:9 (ESV)
But I acted for the sake of my name, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations among whom they lived, in whose sight I made myself known to them in bringing them out of the land of Egypt.
Ezekiel 20:13 (ASV)
But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they rejected mine ordinances, which if a man keep, he shall live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly profaned. Then I said I would pour out my wrath upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.
Ezekiel 20:14 (BSB)
But I acted for the sake of My name, so that it would not be profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.
However, I swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land I had given them—
the most beautiful of all lands, flowing with milk and honey—
Ezekiel 20:18 (NKJV)
“But I said to their children in the wilderness, ‘Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers, nor observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols.
Ezekiel 20:21 (KJV)
Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked not in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; they polluted my sabbaths: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness.
Ezekiel 20:22 (NKJV)
Nevertheless I withdrew My hand and acted for My name’s sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the Gentiles, in whose sight I had brought them out.
Ezekiel 20:26 (NKJV)
and I pronounced them unclean because of their ritual gifts, in that they caused all their firstborn to pass through the fire, that I might make them desolate and that they might know that I am the LORD.” ’