Ezekiel 20:25
“Wherefore I gaue them also statutes that were not good, and iudgements whereby they should not liue.”
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Ezekiel 20:25 Context
23I lifted vp mine hand vnto them also in the wildernesse, that I would scatter them among the heathen, and disperse them through the countreys; 24Because they had not executed my iudgements, but had despised my Statutes, and had polluted my Sabbaths, and their eyes were after their fathers idoles. 25Wherefore I gaue them also statutes that were not good, and iudgements whereby they should not liue. 26And I polluted them in their owne gifts, in that they caused to passe through the fire all that openeth the wombe, that I might make them desolate, to the end, that they might know that I am the Lord. 27¶ Therefore sonne of man, speake vnto the house of Israel, and say vnto them, Thus saith the Lord God, Yet in this your fathers haue blasphemed me, in that they haue committed a trespasse against me.
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Other Translations for Ezekiel 20:25
Wherefore I gave them also statutes [that were] not good, and judgments whereby they should not live;
- King James Version
"I also gave them statutes that were not good and ordinances by which they could not live;
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Moreover also I gave them statutes that were not good, and ordinances wherein they should not live;
- American Standard Version (1901)
And further, I gave them rules which were not good and orders in which there was no life for them;
- Basic English Bible
And I also gave them statutes that were not good, and ordinances whereby they should not live;
- Darby Bible
Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, and judgments by which they should not live;
- Webster's Bible
Moreover also I gave them statutes that were not good, and ordinances in which they should not live;
- World English Bible
And I also, I have given to them statutes not good, And judgments by which they do not live.
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, and ordinances whereby they should not live;
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Ezekiel 20:25
20:25 Wherefore - Because they rejected my good laws and judgments. I gave them - Not by enjoining, but by permitting them to make such for themselves. Not good - That were pernicious to the users.