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Deuteronomy 32:17-19
Contemporary English Version

17 (A) You offered sacrifices
to demons, those useless gods[a]
    that never helped you,
new gods that your ancestors
    never worshiped.
18 You turned away
    from God, your Creator;
you forgot the Mighty Rock,[b]
    the source of your life.
19 You were the Lord's children,
    but you made him angry.
Then he rejected you

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Footnotes

  1. 32.16,17 disgusting idols … foreign gods … demons … those useless gods: Different ways of referring to gods of other nations.
  2. 32.18 Mighty Rock: See the note at 32.4.
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Deuteronomy 32:17-19
New International Version

17 They sacrificed(A) to false gods,(B) which are not God—
    gods they had not known,(C)
    gods that recently appeared,(D)
    gods your ancestors did not fear.
18 You deserted the Rock, who fathered you;
    you forgot(E) the God who gave you birth.

19 The Lord saw this and rejected them(F)
    because he was angered by his sons and daughters.(G)

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