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16 They made him jealous with strange gods;
    with detestable things they provoked him.
17 They sacrificed to the demons, not God,
    to gods whom[a] they had not known,
new gods who[b] came from recent times;
    their ancestors had not known them.[c]
18 The rock who[d] bore you, you neglected,
    and you forgot God, the one giving you birth.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 32:17 Hebrew “them”
  2. Deuteronomy 32:17 Hebrew “they,” understood in the verb form
  3. Deuteronomy 32:17 Literally “their fathers not knew them”
  4. Deuteronomy 32:18 Hebrew “he,” understood in verb form