²⁵ Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, and judgments by which they should not live;

³¹ For when ye offer your gifts, when ye make your sons to pass through the fire, ye pollute yourselves with all your idols, even to this day: and shall I be inquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will not be inquired of by you.

²³ For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: