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For this reason

"Because the people do not love the truth"

God is sending them a powerful delusion so that they will believe a lie

The powerful delusion is a metonym for the person who will delude the people. Alternate translation: "God is sending the man of lawlessness to delude them" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor)

a powerful delusion

a lie that sounds so true that many people believe it