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515 B
Yahweh continues giving Ezekiel his message to the elders of Israel.
Then I also gave them statutes that were not good, and decrees by which they could not live
The words statutes in this phrase do not refer to God's law. God permitted them to live by human laws and judgments that were not good.
gave them
The word "them" refers to the children of those whom Yahweh brought out of Egypt.
by their gifts
AT: "by the gifts that they gave me." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)