Ezekiel 20:14

14 But I intervened for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted before the Gentiles, in whose sight I brought them out.

Ezekiel 20:14 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 20:14

But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be
polluted before the Heathen (See Gill on Ezekiel 20:9); who would be ready to say it was for want of power, or faithfulness, or, goodness, that he did not bring them into the promised land; or there was no such land to bring them to God's own glory was concerned, and that is his ultimate end in all he does; and is of more weight with him than any other argument whatever: in whose sight I brought them out;
from Egypt, into the wilderness; this was done publicly in the sight of the Egyptians, they urging them to be gone.

Ezekiel 20:14 In-Context

12 And I also gave them my sabbaths to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctifies them.

13 But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they did not walk in my statutes, and they despised my rights, by which the man that does them shall live by them; and my sabbaths they greatly polluted; therefore I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness to consume them.

14 But I intervened for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted before the Gentiles, in whose sight I brought them out.

15 Yet I also lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, with an oath that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the most beautiful of all lands,

16 because they despised my rights and did not walk in my statutes but polluted my Sabbaths, for their heart went after their idols.