Ezekiel 20:17
Nevertheless mine eye spared them from destroying them, neither did I make an end of them in the wilderness.
Context
This verse from Ezekiel Chapter 20 connects to 10 cross-references. A history of Israel's repeated rebellion: in Egypt, in the wilderness, and after entering the land they defiled God's sabbaths. For the sake of his name God did not destroy them. A new Exodus is promised through a wilderness experience …
Other Translations
Nevertheless mine eye spared them, and I destroyed them not, neither did I make a full end of them in the wilderness.
And Mine eye hath pity on them--against destroying them, And I have not made of them an end in the wilderness.
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.
Cross References
Nevertheless in those days, saith the Lord, I will not make a full end with you.
For thus hath the Lord said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.
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But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his …
But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his …