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25 I gave them over to worthless decrees and regulations that would not lead to life. 26 I let them pollute themselves[a] with the very gifts I had given them, and I allowed them to give their firstborn children as offerings to their gods—so I might devastate them and remind them that I alone am the Lord.

Judgment and Restoration

27 “Therefore, son of man, give the people of Israel this message from the Sovereign Lord: Your ancestors continued to blaspheme and betray me,

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Footnotes

  1. 20:25-26 Or I gave them worthless decrees and regulations. . . . I polluted them.

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