Ezekiel 20:24-26

International Children’s Bible

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. ²⁶ I let the Israelites make themselves unclean by the gifts they brought to their false gods. They sacrificed their oldest children in the fire. This is how I shocked them so they would know that I am the Lord.’