²⁰ No, I imply that what pagans sacrifice ^(A)they offer to demons and not to God. I do not want you to be participants with demons. ^21 (B)You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and ^(C)the cup of demons. You cannot partake of the table of the Lord and ^(D)the table of demons. ^22 (E)Shall we provoke the Lord to jealousy? ^(F)Are we stronger than he?

¹⁸ The children gather wood, the fathers kindle fire, ^(A)and the women knead dough, to ^(B)make cakes for ^(C)the queen of heaven. And ^(D)they pour out drink offerings to other gods, ^(E)to provoke me to anger. ^19 (F)Is it I whom they provoke? declares the Lord. Is it not themselves, ^(G)to their own shame? ²⁰ Therefore thus says the Lord God: Behold, ^(H)my anger and my wrath will be poured out on this place, upon man and beast, upon the trees of the field and the fruit of the ground; ^(I)it will burn and not be quenched.”

^26 (A)You also played the whore ^(B)with the Egyptians, your lustful neighbors, ^(C)multiplying your whoring, ^(D)to provoke me to anger. ²⁷ Behold, therefore, I stretched out my hand against you ^(E)and diminished your allotted portion ^(F)and delivered you to the greed of your enemies, ^(G)the daughters of the Philistines, who were ashamed of your lewd behavior.