Catholic Public Domain Version
"But I acted for the sake of my name, lest it be violated before the Gentiles, from whom I cast them out, in their sight. "
— Ezekiel 20:14, Catholic Public Domain Version
“But I wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.”
“But I wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I brought them out. ”
“But I worked for my name's sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I brought them out.”
“I acted for the sake of my reputation, so that I would not be profaned before the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.”
“But I spared them for the sake of my name, lest it should be profaned before the nations, from which I brought them out, in their sight.”
“And I was acting for the honour of my name, so that it might not be made unclean in the eyes of the nations, before whose eyes I had taken them out.”
“But I wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.”
And I gave them my precepts, and I revealed to them my judgments, which, if a man does them, he shall live by them.
Moreover, I also gave to them my Sabbaths, so that these would be a sign between me and them, and so that they would know that I am the Lord, who sanctifies them.
But the house of Israel provoked me in the desert. They did not walk in my precepts, and they cast aside my judgments, which, if a man does them, he shall live by them. And they grievously violated my Sabbaths. Therefore, I said that I would pour out my fury upon them in the desert, and that I would consume them.
But I acted for the sake of my name, lest it be violated before the Gentiles, from whom I cast them out, in their sight.
And so I lifted up my hand over them in the desert, so as not to lead them into the land that I had given to them, flowing with milk and honey, the foremost of all lands.
For they cast aside my judgments, and they did not walk in my precepts, and they violated my Sabbaths. For their heart went after idols.
Yet my eye was lenient concerning them, so that I did not utterly destroy them, nor did I consume them in the desert.