Ezekiel 20:22

Nevertheless I withdrew mine hand ,.... When it was stretched out against them, as in the above instance, and did not utterly consume them. The Targum is,

"and I turned away the stroke of my might:'

and wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted in the sight of the heathen, in whose sight I brought them forth . See Gill on Ezekiel 20:9 and See Gill on Ezekiel 20:14 .