Ezekiel 20:12-14

The Voice

¹² I also gave them My Sabbaths as a sign that they would know that I, the Eternal One, have made them holy. ¹³ But the Israelites rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They refused to follow My laws and ignored My commandments, even though they knew the one who follows them will live. They also polluted My Sabbaths and treated them like any other day.

So I said I would pour out My anger upon them and destroy them in the wilderness. ¹⁴ For the sake of My good name and reputation, however, I chose not to profane My name in the eyes of those nations who had witnessed Me bringing the Israelites out of Egypt.