Ezekiel 20:24-26

New Century Version

²⁴ because they had not obeyed my laws. They had rejected my rules and dishonored my Sabbaths and worshiped the idols of their parents. ²⁵ I also allowed them to follow rules that were not good and laws by which they could not live. ²⁶ I let the Israelites make themselves unclean by the gifts they brought to their gods when they sacrificed their first children in the fire. I wanted to terrify them so they would know that I am the Lord.’