Ezekiel 20:25

25 So I gave them other statutes that were not good and laws through which they could not live;

Ezekiel 20:25 in Other Translations

KJV
25 Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, and judgments whereby they should not live;
ESV
25 Moreover, I gave them statutes that were not good and rules by which they could not have life,
NLT
25 I gave them over to worthless decrees and regulations that would not lead to life.
MSG
25 Since they were determined to live bad lives, I myself gave them statutes that could not produce goodness and laws that did not produce life.
CSB
25 I also gave them statutes that were not good and ordinances that did not bring them life.

Ezekiel 20:25 In-Context

23 Also with uplifted hand I swore to them in the wilderness that I would disperse them among the nations and scatter them through the countries,
24 because they had not obeyed my laws but had rejected my decrees and desecrated my Sabbaths, and their eyes lusted after their parents’ idols.
25 So I gave them other statutes that were not good and laws through which they could not live;
26 I defiled them through their gifts—the sacrifice of every firstborn—that I might fill them with horror so they would know that I am the LORD.’
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 blasphemed me by being unfaithful to me:

Cross References 2

  • 1. S Psalms 81:12; Romans 1:28
  • 2. Isaiah 66:4; 2 Thessalonians 2:11
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