³⁴ They did not destroy^(A) the peoples
    as the Lord had commanded^(B) them,
³⁵ but they mingled^(C) with the nations
    and adopted their customs.
³⁶ They worshiped their idols,^(D)
    which became a snare^(E) to them.
³⁷ They sacrificed their sons^(F)
    and their daughters to false gods.^(G)
38 They shed innocent blood,
    the blood of their sons^(H) and daughters,
whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan,
    and the land was desecrated by their blood.
³⁹ They defiled themselves^(I) by what they did;
    by their deeds they prostituted^(J) themselves.

⁴⁰ Therefore the Lord was angry^(K) with his people
    and abhorred his inheritance.^(L)

¹⁴ In the desert^(A) they gave in to their craving;
    in the wilderness^(B) they put God to the test.^(C)
15 So he gave them^(D) what they asked for,
    but sent a wasting disease^(E) among them.

¹⁶ In the camp they grew envious^(F) of Moses
    and of Aaron, who was consecrated to the Lord.
¹⁷ The earth opened^(G) up and swallowed Dathan;^(H)
    it buried the company of Abiram.^(I)
18 Fire blazed^(J) among their followers;
    a flame consumed the wicked.
¹⁹ At Horeb they made a calf^(K)
    and worshiped an idol cast from metal.
²⁰ They exchanged their glorious God^(L)
    for an image of a bull, which eats grass.
²¹ They forgot the God^(M) who saved them,
    who had done great things^(N) in Egypt,

⁵⁶ But they put God to the test
    and rebelled against the Most High;
    they did not keep his statutes.
⁵⁷ Like their ancestors^(A) they were disloyal and faithless,
    as unreliable as a faulty bow.^(B)
58 They angered him^(C) with their high places;^(D)
    they aroused his jealousy with their idols.^(E)
59 When God heard^(F) them, he was furious;^(G)
    he rejected Israel^(H) completely.