Deuteronomy 32:17-19

Contemporary English Version

^17 (A) You offered sacrifices
to demons, those useless gods^[a]
    that never helped you,
new gods that your ancestors
    never worshiped.
¹⁸ You turned away
    from God, your Creator;
you forgot the Mighty Rock,^[b]
    the source of your life.
¹⁹ You were the Lord's children,
    but you made him angry.
Then he rejected you