Bible Verses About Self-Delusion: Obstinate sinners often given up to

"But my people did not listen to my voice; Isra'el would have none of me.

So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts, to live by their own plans.

Efrayim is joined to idols; let him alone!

He will enable him to deceive, in all kinds of wicked ways, those who are headed for destruction because they would not receive the love of the truth that could have saved them.

This is why God is causing them to go astray, so that they will believe the Lie.