Ezekiel 20:20-22

20:20 Treat my Sabbaths as holy ¹  and they will be a reminder of our relationship, ²  and then you will know that I am the Lord your God.” 20:21 “‘But the children ³  rebelled against me, did not follow my statutes, did not observe my regulations by carrying them out (the one who obeys ⁴  them will live by them), and desecrated my Sabbaths. I decided to pour out ⁵  my rage on them and fully vent my anger against them in the wilderness. 20:22 But I refrained from doing so, ⁶  and acted instead for the sake of my reputation, so that I would not be profaned before the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.

[20:20]  ¹ tn Or “set apart my Sabbaths.”

[20:20]  ² tn Heb “and they will become a sign between me and you.”

[20:21]  ³ tn Heb “sons.”

[20:21]  ⁴ tn Or “carries them out.”

[20:21]  ⁵ tn Heb “and I said/thought to pour out.”

[20:22]  ⁶ tn Heb “drew my hand back.” This idiom also occurs in Lam 2:8 and Ps 74:11.