Ezekiel 20:16-18

The Voice

¹⁶ I swore this to them because they ignored My rules and strayed from My laws and polluted My Sabbaths; for they were completely devoted to their idols. ¹⁷ I looked on them with mercy, and I did not destroy them in the wilderness.

¹⁸ I told their children in the wilderness, “Do not follow the example set by your fathers. Do not live by their standards or degrade yourselves with their idols.