American Standard Version
"Nevertheless mine eye spared them, and I destroyed them not, neither did I make a full end of them in the wilderness. "
— Ezekiel 20:17, American Standard Version
“Nevertheless mine eye spared them from destroying them, neither did I make an end of them in the wilderness.”
“Nevertheless my eye spared them, and I didn't destroy them, neither did I make a full end of them in the wilderness.”
“Yet I had pity on them and did not destroy them, so I did not make an end of them in the wilderness.”
“Yet my eye spared them, so that I destroyed them not: neither did I consume them in the desert.”
“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.”
“Nevertheless mine eye spared them from destroying them, neither did I make an end of them in the wilderness.”
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.
Moreover also I sware 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;
because they rejected mine ordinances, and walked not in my statutes, and profaned my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.
Nevertheless mine eye spared them, and I destroyed them not, neither did I make a full end of them in the wilderness.
And I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their ordinances, nor defile yourselves with their idols.
I am Jehovah your God: walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them;
and hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am Jehovah your God.