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Ezekiel 20:14

World English Bible

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

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Ezekiel 20:14 in other translations

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.

Ezekiel 20:14 · American Standard Version

Ezekiel 20:14 in context

  1. 12Moreover also I gave them my Sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am Yahweh who sanctifies them.
  2. 13“ ‘ “But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness. They didn’t walk in my statutes, and they rejected my ordinances, which if a man keeps, he shall live in them. They greatly profaned my Sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out my wrath on them in the wilderness, to consume them.
  3. 14But I worked for my name’s sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I brought them out.
  4. 15Moreover also I 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;
  5. 16because they rejected my ordinances, and didn’t walk in my statutes, and profaned my Sabbaths; for their heart went after their idols.