Ezekiel 20:13-15

New Century Version

¹³ “‘But in the desert Israel turned against me. They did not follow my rules, and they rejected my laws, by which people will live if they obey them. They dishonored my Sabbaths. Then I decided to pour out my anger against them and destroy them in the desert. ¹⁴ But I acted for the sake of my name so it would not be dishonored in full view of the nations who watched as I had brought the Israelites out of Egypt. ¹⁵ And in the desert I swore to the Israelites that I would not bring them into the land I had given them. It is a fertile land, the best land in the world.