Ezekiel 20:25 - Forerunner Commentary

Ezekiel 20:25

23 Also I raised My hand in an oath to those in the wilderness, that ^aI would scatter them among the Gentiles and disperse them throughout the countries,

24 ^abecause they had not executed My judgments, but had despised My statutes, profaned My Sabbaths, and ^btheir eyes were fixed on their fathers’ idols.

25 “Therefore ^aI also gave them up to statutes that were not good, and judgments by which they could not live;

26 and I pronounced them unclean because of their ritual gifts, in that they caused all¹ their firstborn to pass ^athrough the fire, that I might make them desolate and that they ^bmight know that I am the Lord.” ’

27 “Therefore, son of man, speak to the house of Israel, and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “In this too your fathers have ^ablasphemed Me, by being unfaithful to Me.

28 When I brought them into the land concerning which I had raised My hand in an oath to give them, and ^athey saw all the high hills and all the thick trees, there they offered their sacrifices and provoked Me with their offerings. There they also sent up their ^bsweet aroma and poured out their drink offerings.

Verse Comparison: Ezekiel 20:25

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American Standard Version
Moreover also I gave them statutes that were not good, and ordinances wherein they should not live;

Amplified® Bible
Wherefore also I gave them [over to] statutes that were not good and ordinances whereby they should not live {and} could not have life,

Contemporary English Version
I gave them laws that bring punishment instead of life,

Darby English Version
And I also gave them statutes that were not good, and ordinances whereby they should not live;

Good News Bible
"Then I gave them laws that are not good and commands that do not bring life.

King James Version
Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, and judgments whereby they should not live;

New American Standard Bible
"I also gave them statutes that were not good and ordinances by which they could not live;

New International Version
I also gave them over to statutes that were not good and laws they could not live by;

New King James Version
"Therefore I also gave them up to statutes that were not good, and judgments by which they could not live;

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"I also gave them statutes that did not seem good and ordinances by which they could not live;

Revised Standard Version
Moreover I gave them statutes that were not good and ordinances by which they could not have life;

Young's Literal Translation
And I also, I have given to them statutes not good, And judgments by which they do not live.

New English Translation
I also gave¹ them decrees² which were not good and regulations by which they could not live.

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