They rebelled against me; so great a sin is idolatry, it is against God, as open hostility is against a sovereign whom subjects fight against. All sin is against God, but idolatry is much more so. And would not hearken unto me; their wills were alienated from God, they refused to hear and obey in this. They did not forsake the idols of Egypt; it is probable there were some among them that carried with them (as Rachel did her father s) the idols of Egypt. Then I said; I was just upon resolving, I was very near saying. I will pour out, as a storm or mighty shower, my fury; just and severe wrath. To accomplish my anger against them; to make an end of them. In the midst of the land of Egypt; that they should have perished in Egypt, and never come out.
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Ezekiel 20:8
8 But they rebelled against me, and would not hearken unto me: they did not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt: then I said, I will pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.