26 They went and served other gods and worshiped them, gods whom they have not known and whom He had not [a]allotted to them.

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  1. Deuteronomy 29:26 Lit portioned

And they will say, ‘(A)Because they forsook the Lord their God, who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and adopted other gods and worshiped them and served them, therefore the Lord has brought all this adversity on them.’”

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35 But (A)they mingled with the nations
And learned their [a]practices,
36 And (B)served their idols,
(C)Which became a snare to them.
37 They even (D)sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the (E)demons,
38 And shed (F)innocent blood,
The blood of their (G)sons and their daughters,
Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan;
And the land was (H)polluted with the blood.
39 Thus they became (I)unclean in their [b]practices,
And (J)played the harlot in their deeds.

40 Therefore the (K)anger of the Lord was kindled against His people
And He (L)abhorred His [c](M)inheritance.
41 Then (N)He gave them into the hand of the [d]nations,
And those who hated them ruled over them.

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  1. Psalm 106:35 Lit works
  2. Psalm 106:39 Lit works
  3. Psalm 106:40 I.e. people
  4. Psalm 106:41 Or Gentiles

“Why should I pardon you?
Your sons have forsaken Me
And (A)sworn by those who are (B)not gods.
When I had fed them to the full,
They (C)committed adultery
And trooped to the harlot’s house.
“They were well-fed lusty horses,
Each one neighing after his (D)neighbor’s wife.
“Shall I not punish [a]these people,” declares the Lord,
“And on a nation such as this
(E)Shall I not avenge Myself?

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  1. Jeremiah 5:9 Or for these things

They will spread them out to the sun, the moon and to all the (A)host of heaven, which they have loved and which they have served, and which they have gone after and which they have sought, and which they have worshiped. They will not be gathered (B)or buried; (C)they will be as dung on the face of the ground.

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21 [a]But as for those whose hearts go after their (A)detestable things and abominations, I will (B)bring their conduct down on their heads,” declares the Lord God.

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  1. Ezekiel 11:21 Lit And to the heart of their detestable things and their abomination their heart goes

For (A)the time already past is sufficient for you to have carried out the desire of the Gentiles, [a](B)having pursued a course of sensuality, lusts, drunkenness, carousing, drinking parties and [b]abominable idolatries.

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  1. 1 Peter 4:3 Lit having gone in
  2. 1 Peter 4:3 Lit lawless