Yehezkiel 20:21-22

20:21 “‘But the children ¹  rebelled against me, did not follow my statutes, did not observe my regulations by carrying them out (the one who obeys ²  them will live by them), and desecrated my Sabbaths. I decided to pour out ³  my rage on them and fully vent my anger against them in the wilderness. 20:22 But I refrained from doing so, ⁴  and acted instead for the sake of my reputation, so that I would not be profaned before the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.

[20:21]  ¹ tn Heb “sons.”

[20:21]  ² tn Or “carries them out.”

[20:21]  ³ tn Heb “and I said/thought to pour out.”

[20:22]  ⁴ tn Heb “drew my hand back.” This idiom also occurs in Lam 2:8 and Ps 74:11.