Ezekiel 20:25-27

The Voice

²⁵ I handed them over to bad laws and rules that could not lead to life. ²⁶ I declared them ritually impure because they were giving every firstborn child as a burnt sacrifice to pagan gods. I did this to horrify them, so that they would know I am the Eternal One.

²⁷ Therefore, son of man, confront the people of Israel and tell them the Eternal Lord says, “Your fathers showed their contempt for Me and betrayed Me.