Ezekiel 20:8-10

International Standard Version

A Brief History of Israel’s Rebellion

⁸ “But they rebelled against me and weren’t willing to obey me. None of them abandoned their detestable practices^[a] or their Egyptian idols. So I said, ‘I’ll pour out my anger on them, extending my fury in the middle of the land of Egypt.’ ⁹ I did this so my reputation^[b] might not be tarnished among the nations where they were living, among whom I made myself known in their presence when I brought them out of the land of Egypt. ¹⁰ I brought them out of the land of Egypt to bring them to the wilderness