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25 So I gave them statutes that were not good and ordinances by which they could not live.[a] 26 I defiled them through their sacrificial gifts—when they made all their firstborn pass through the fire—in order to devastate them, so that they would know that I am the Lord.

27 Therefore, speak to the house of Israel, son of man, and tell them this.

This is what the Lord God says. In this too your fathers blasphemed me by committing infidelity after infidelity against me.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 20:25 There was nothing wrong with the statutes themselves, but Israel twisted them or misused them as a way of earning salvation rather than as a way of showing gratitude.