But I acted for My name's sake, that it should not be profaned before the Gentiles, in whose sight I had brought them out.
Ezekiel 20:14
Surrounding context
20:13 Yet the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness; they did not walk in My statutes; they despised My judgments, "which, if a man does, he shall live by them'; and they greatly defiled My Sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out My fury on them in the wilderness, to consume them.
20:14 But I acted for My name's sake, that it should not be profaned before the Gentiles, in whose sight I had brought them out.
20:15 So I also raised My hand in an oath to them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, "flowing with milk and honey,' the glory of all lands,