Ezekiel 20:21-23

Contemporary English Version

²¹ But the children also rebelled against me. They refused to obey my laws and teachings, and they treated the Sabbath as any other day.

I became angry and decided to punish them in the desert. ²² But I did not. That would have disgraced me in front of the nations that had seen me bring the Israelites out of Egypt. ^23 (A) So I solemnly swore that I would scatter the people of Israel across the nations,