Ezekiel 20:21-23
English Standard Version
21 (A)But the children (B)rebelled against me. (C)They did not walk in my statutes and were not careful to obey my rules, by which, if a person does them, he shall live; they profaned my Sabbaths.
(D)“Then I said I would pour out my wrath upon them and spend my anger against them in the wilderness. 22 (E)But I withheld my hand (F)and acted for the sake of my name, (G)that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I had brought them out. 23 (H)Moreover, (I)I swore to them in the wilderness (J)that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them through the countries,
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