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.

⁸ God chose new leaders^(A)
    when war came to the city gates,^(B)
but not a shield or spear^(C) was seen
    among forty thousand in Israel.

³⁷ They sacrificed their sons^(A)
    and their daughters to false gods.^(B)
38 They shed innocent blood,
    the blood of their sons^(C) and daughters,
whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan,
    and the land was desecrated by their blood.