NET Bible
"Yet I had pity on them and did not destroy them, so I did not make an end of them in the wilderness."
— Ezekiel 20:17, NET Bible
“Nevertheless mine eye spared them from destroying them, neither did I make an end of them in the wilderness.”
“Nevertheless mine eye spared them, and I destroyed them not, neither did I make a full 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 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.”
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.
“‘But I said to their children in the wilderness,“Do not follow the practices of your fathers; do not observe their regulations, nor defile yourselves with their idols.
I am the LORD your God; follow my statutes, observe my regulations, and carry them out.
Treat my Sabbaths as holy and they will be a reminder of our relationship, and then you will know that I am the LORD your God.”