NET Bible
"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."
— Ezekiel 20:14, NET Bible
“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.”
“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.”
I gave them my statutes and revealed my regulations to them. The one who carries them out will live by them!
I also gave them my Sabbaths as a reminder of our relationship, so that they would know that I, the LORD, sanctify them.
But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness; they did not follow my statutes and they rejected my regulations(the one who obeys them will live by them), and they utterly desecrated my Sabbaths. So I decided to pour out my rage on them in the wilderness and destroy them.
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.
I also swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them to the land I had given them– a land flowing with milk and honey, the most beautiful of all lands.
I did this because they rejected my regulations, did not follow my statutes, and desecrated my Sabbaths; for their hearts followed their idols.
Yet I had pity on them and did not destroy them, so I did not make an end of them in the wilderness.