²⁵ So I gave^(A) them other statutes that were not good and laws through which they could not live;^{(B) 26} I defiled them through their gifts—the sacrifice^(C) of every firstborn—that I might fill them with horror so they would know that I am the Lord.^(D)’

²⁷ “Therefore, son of man, speak to the people of Israel and say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: In this also your ancestors^(E) blasphemed^(F) me by being unfaithful to me:^(G)