Ezekiel 20:23-25

International Children’s Bible

²³ Also in the desert I had to make a promise to the Israelites. I had to promise to scatter them among the nations and spread them among the countries. ²⁴ This is because they did not obey my laws. They had rejected my rules and dishonored my Sabbaths. And they worshiped the idols of their ancestors. ²⁵ I also allowed them to follow rules that were not good. And they followed laws by which they could not live.