Ezekiel 20:9-13
Ezekiel 20:9
But I acted for the sake of My name, that it would not be defiled in the sight of the nations among whom they lived, in whose sight I made Myself known to them by bringing them out of the land of Egypt.
Ezekiel 20:10
So I took them out of the land of Egypt and brought them into the wilderness.
Ezekiel 20:11
I gave them My statutes and informed them of My ordinances, which, if a person follows them, then he will live by them.
Ezekiel 20:12
Also I gave them My Sabbaths to be a sign between Me and them, so that they might know that I am the Lord who sanctifies them.
Ezekiel 20:13
But the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not walk in My statutes and they rejected My ordinances, which, if a person follows them, then he will live by them; and they greatly profaned My Sabbaths. Then I resolved to pour out My wrath on them in the wilderness, to annihilate them.