Verse 14
Ezekiel 20:14
New Living Translation
14
But again I held back in order to protect the honor of my name before the nations who had seen my power in bringing Israel out of Egypt.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וָ/אֶעֱשֶׂ֖ה לְמַ֣עַן שְׁמִ֑/י לְ/בִלְתִּ֤י הֵחֵל֙ לְ/עֵינֵ֣י הַ/גּוֹיִ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר הוֹצֵאתִ֖י/ם לְ/עֵינֵי/הֶֽם
English Translation
And I will do for my name's sake, to prevent it from being profaned in the sight of the nations from which I brought them in their sight.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 20 Context
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On August 14, during the seventh year of King Jehoiachin’s captivity, some of the leaders of Israel...
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Then this message came to me from the LORD:
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“Son of man, tell the leaders of Israel, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: How dare you come to...
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“Son of man, bring charges against them and condemn them. Make them realize how detestable the sins...
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Give them this message from the Sovereign LORD: When I chose Israel — when I revealed myself to the...
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I took a solemn oath that day that I would bring them out of Egypt to a land I had discovered and ex...
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Then I said to them, ‘Each of you, get rid of the vile images you are so obsessed with. Do not defil...
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“But they rebelled against me and would not listen. They did not get rid of the vile images they wer...
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But I didn’t do it, for I acted to protect the honor of my name. I would not allow shame to be broug...
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So I brought them out of Egypt and led them into the wilderness.
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There I gave them my decrees and regulations so they could find life by keeping them.
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And I gave them my Sabbath days of rest as a sign between them and me. It was to remind them that I...
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“But the people of Israel rebelled against me, and they refused to obey my decrees there in the wild...
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But again I held back in order to protect the honor of my name before the nations who had seen my po...
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But I took a solemn oath against them in the wilderness. I swore I would not bring them into the lan...
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For they had rejected my regulations, refused to follow my decrees, and violated my Sabbath days. Th...
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Nevertheless, I took pity on them and held back from destroying them in the wilderness.
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“Then I warned their children not to follow in their parents’ footsteps, defiling themselves with th...
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‘I am the LORD your God (Elohim),’ I told them. ‘Follow my decrees, pay attention to my regulations,
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and keep my Sabbath days holy, for they are a sign to remind you that I am the LORD your God (Elohim...
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“But their children, too, rebelled against me. They refused to keep my decrees and follow my regulat...
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Nevertheless, I withdrew my judgment against them to protect the honor of my name before the nations...
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But I took a solemn oath against them in the wilderness. I swore I would scatter them among all the...
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because they did not obey my regulations. They scorned my decrees by violating my Sabbath days and l...
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I gave them over to worthless decrees and regulations that would not lead to life.
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I let them pollute themselves with the very gifts I had given them, and I allowed them to give their...
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“Therefore, son of man, give the people of Israel this message from the Sovereign LORD: Your ancesto...
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for when I brought them into the land I had promised them, they offered sacrifices on every high hil...
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I said to them, ‘What is this high place where you are going?’ (This kind of pagan shrine has been c...
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“Therefore, give the people of Israel this message from the Sovereign LORD: Do you plan to pollute y...
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For when you offer gifts to them and give your little children to be burned as sacrifices, you conti...
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“You say, ‘We want to be like the nations all around us, who serve idols of wood and stone.’ But wha...
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As surely as I live, says the Sovereign LORD, I will rule over you with an iron fist in great anger...
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And in anger I will reach out with my strong hand and powerful arm, and I will bring you back from t...
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I will bring you into the wilderness of the nations, and there I will judge you face to face.
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I will judge you there just as I did your ancestors in the wilderness after bringing them out of Egy...
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I will examine you carefully and hold you to the terms of the covenant.
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I will purge you of all those who rebel and revolt against me. I will bring them out of the countrie...
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“As for you, O people of Israel, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Go right ahead and worship yo...
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For on my holy mountain, the great mountain of Israel, says the Sovereign LORD, the people of Israel...
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When I bring you home from exile, you will be like a pleasing sacrifice to me. And I will display my...
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Then when I have brought you home to the land I promised with a solemn oath to give to your ancestor...
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You will look back on all the ways you defiled yourselves and will hate yourselves because of the ev...
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You will know that I am the LORD, O people of Israel, when I have honored my name by treating you me...
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Then this message came to me from the LORD:
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“Son of man, turn and face the south and speak out against it; prophesy against the brushlands of th...
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Tell the southern wilderness, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Hear the word of the LORD! I wi...
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And everyone in the world will see that I, the LORD, have set this fire. It will not be put out.’”
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Then I said, “O Sovereign LORD, they are saying of me, ‘He only talks in riddles!’”
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