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Ezekiel 20:14 KJV
Ezekiel · chapter 20 · verse 14
But I wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.Ezekiel 20:14 · King James Version
Ezekiel 20:14 in context
12Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify them.
13But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.
14But I wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.
15Yet also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands;
16Because they despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, but polluted my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- pollutedchâlalproperly, to boreH2490 →
- wroughtʻâsâhto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationH6213 →
- heathengôwya foreign nationH1471 →
- name'sshêman appellation, as amark or memorial of individualityH8034 →
- beforeʻayinan eyeH5869 →
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The history of the struggle between the sins of Israel, by which they endeavoured to ruin themselves, and the mercies of God, by which he endeavoured to save them and make them happy, is here continued: and the instances of that struggle in these verses have reference to what passed between God and them in the…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 10-26