Ezekiel 20:8-10

Contemporary English Version

⁸ but they still rebelled against me. They refused to listen and kept on worshiping their idols and foreign gods.

In my anger, I decided to punish the Israelites in Egypt. ⁹ But that would have made me look like a liar, because I had already promised in front of everyone that I would lead them out of Egypt. ¹⁰ So I brought them out and led them into the desert.