2 Esdras 7:23

23 and deceived themselves by their wicked deeds, and said of the Most High that He is not, and knew not His ways.

2 Esdras 7:23 In-Context

21 For God hath given strict commandment to such as came, what they should do to live, even as they came, and what they should observe to avoid punishment.

22 Nevertheless they were not obedient unto Him, but spoke against Him and imagined vain things,

23 and deceived themselves by their wicked deeds, and said of the Most High that He is not, and knew not His ways.

24 But His law have they despised, and denied His covenants; in His statutes have they not been faithful, and have not performed His works.

25 And therefore, Ezra, for the empty are empty things, and for the full are the full things.