25 Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, and judgments whereby they should not live;

26 And I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through the fire all that openeth the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I am the Lord.

27 Therefore, son of man, speak unto the house of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Yet in this your fathers have blasphemed me, in that they have committed a trespass against me.

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25 So I gave(A) them other statutes that were not good and laws through which they could not live;(B) 26 I defiled them through their gifts—the sacrifice(C) of every firstborn—that I might fill them with horror so they would know that I am the Lord.(D)

27 “Therefore, son of man, speak to the people of Israel and say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: In this also your ancestors(E) blasphemed(F) me by being unfaithful to me:(G)

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