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17 They sacrificed to demons, not God,
to gods they had not known;
to new gods who had recently come along,
gods your ancestors[a] had not known about.
18 You forgot[b] the Rock who fathered you,
and put out of mind the God who gave you birth.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 32:17 tn Heb “your fathers.”
  2. Deuteronomy 32:18 tc The Hebrew text is uncertain here; the translation follows the suggestion offered in HALOT 1477 s.v. שׁיה. Cf. NASB, NLT “You neglected”; NIV “You deserted”; NRSV “You were unmindful of.”

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.

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