"Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, and judgments whereby they should not live;"
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And the LORD shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the LORD shall lead you.
The LORD shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone.
And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the LORD have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.
And I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through the fire all that openeth the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I am the LORD.
Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not.
As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord GOD; Go ye, serve ye every one his idols, and hereafter also, if ye will not hearken unto me: but pollute ye my holy name no more with your gifts, and with your idols.
So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels.
And further, I gave them rules which were not good and orders in which there was no life for them;
And I also gave them statutes that were not good, and ordinances whereby they should not live;
Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, and judgments whereby they should not live;
Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, and judgments by which they should not live;
Moreover also I gave them statutes that were not good, and ordinances in which they should not live;
And I also, I have given to them statutes not good, And judgments by which they do not live.