Ezekiel 20:16

God's Dealings With Israel For His Name's Sake

¹⁵ And further, I gave my oath to them in the waste land, that I would not take them into the land which I had given them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the glory of all lands; ¹⁶ Because they were turned away from my orders, and were not guided by my rules, and had no respect for my Sabbaths: for their hearts went after their images. ¹⁷ But still my eye had pity on them and I kept them from destruction and did not put an end to them completely in the waste land.

Despised and Rejected

Profaned My Sabbaths

Sabbath Day

Walk in My Statutes

Desecrated My Sabbaths

Polluted My Sabbaths

No

Numbers 15:39

So that, looking on these ornaments, you may keep in mind the orders of the Lord and do them; and not be guided by the desires of your hearts and eyes, through which you have been untrue to me:

Ezekiel 14:3-4

Son of man, these men have taken their false gods into their hearts and put before their faces the sin which is the cause of their fall: am I to give ear when they come to me for directions?

Ezekiel 20:8

But they would not be controlled by me, and did not give ear to me; they did not put away the disgusting things to which their eyes were turned, or give up the images of Egypt: then I said I would let loose my passion on them to give full effect to my wrath against them in the land of Egypt.

Exodus 32:1-8

And when the people saw that Moses was a long time coming down from the mountain, they all came to Aaron and said to him, Come, make us a god to go before us: as for this Moses, who took us up out of the land of Egypt, we have no idea what has become of him.

Numbers 25:2

For they sent for the people to be present at the offerings made to their gods; and the people took part in their feasts and gave honour to their gods.

Ezekiel 20:13-14

But the children of Israel would not be controlled by me in the waste land: they were not guided by my rules, and they were turned away from my orders, which, if a man does them, will be life to him; and they had no respect for my Sabbaths: then I said that I would let loose my passion on them in the waste land, and put an end to them.

Ezekiel 23:8

And she has not given up her loose ways from the time when she was in Egypt; for when she was young they were her lovers, and by them her young breasts were crushed, and they let loose on her their unclean desire.

Amos 5:25-26

Did you come to me with offerings of beasts and meal offerings in the waste land for forty years, O Israel?

Acts 7:39-43

By whom our fathers would not be controlled; but they put him on one side, turning back in their hearts to Egypt,