Ezekiel 20:25-27

Christian Standard Bible

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: