The form of verses 13-14 is almost exactly the same as verses 8-9.

But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: For the house of Israel, see Ezek 20.5; for rebelled against me, see Ezek 20.8; and for the wilderness, see verse 10.

They did not walk in my statutes but rejected my ordinances: See 5.6. The verb walk is used in a figurative sense here, meaning “live according to” or “obey.” Rejected my ordinances means the Israelites deliberately ignored, disobeyed and showed contempt for God’s laws.

By whose observance man shall live: See verse 11.

And my sabbaths they greatly profaned: For my sabbaths, see verse 12; for profaned see Ezek 20.9. This clause may be rendered “They also completely dishonored the day of rest that was meant to honor me.”

Then I thought I would pour out my wrath upon them in the wilderness: See Ezek 20.8.

To make a full end of them means God wanted to destroy the Israelites completely. There is a play on words in the Hebrew here, because God uses the same word here as in verse 8, where it is translated “spend” my anger (literally “completely end” my anger). Where possible and appropriate, it is good to reflect such a wordplay in translation, for example, translators may render the last clause of verse 8 as “until my anger completely finished,” and this clause as “until they were completely finished.”

Quoted with permission from Gross, Carl & Stine, Philip C. A Handbook on Ezekiel. (UBS Helps for Translators). Miami: UBS, 2016. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .