Ezekiel 20:20-22

Living Bible

²⁰ hallow my Sabbaths; for they are a symbol of the contract between us to help you remember that I am the Lord your God.’

²¹ “But their children, too, rebelled against me. They refused my laws—the laws that if a person keeps them, he will live. And they defiled my Sabbaths. So then I said: ‘Now at last I will pour out my fury upon you in the wilderness.’

²² “Nevertheless, again I withdrew my judgment against them to protect my name among the nations who had seen my power in bringing them out of Egypt.