17 (A)They sacrificed to demons who were not God,
(B)To gods whom they have not known,
(C)New gods who came lately,
Whom your fathers did not dread.
18 “You neglected (D)the Rock who begot you,
(E)And forgot the God who gave you birth.

19 (F)The Lord saw this, and spurned them
(G)Because of the provocation of His sons and daughters.

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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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17 (A)They sacrificed to demons, not to God,
To gods they did not know,
To new gods, new arrivals
That your fathers did not fear.
18 (B)Of the Rock who begot you, you are unmindful,
And have (C)forgotten the God who fathered you.

19 “And(D) when the Lord saw it, He spurned them,
Because of the provocation of His sons and His daughters.

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17 (A)They sacrificed to demons that were not God,
    to gods they had never known,
to (B)new gods that had come recently,
    whom your fathers had never dreaded.
18 You were unmindful of (C)the Rock that bore[a] you,
    and you (D)forgot the God who gave you birth.

19 (E)“The Lord saw it and spurned them,
    because of the provocation of (F)his sons and his daughters.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 32:18 Or fathered