25 I also gave them statutes that were not good and ordinances(A) they could not live by. 26 When they sacrificed every firstborn in the fire,[a](B) I defiled them through their gifts in order to devastate them so they would know that I am the Lord.’(C)

27 “Therefore, son of man, speak to the house of Israel, and tell them, ‘This is what the Lord God says: In this way also your ancestors blasphemed me by(D) committing treachery against me:

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Footnotes

  1. 20:26 Lit they made every firstborn pass through the fire

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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