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16 They made him jealous with strange gods;
    with abhorrent things they provoked him.(A)
17 They sacrificed to demons, not God,
    to deities they had never known,
to new ones recently arrived,
    whom your ancestors had not feared.(B)
18 You were unmindful of the Rock that bore you;[a]
    you forgot the God who gave you birth.(C)

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  1. 32.18 Or that fathered you

16 They made him jealous(A) with their foreign gods
    and angered(B) him with their detestable idols.
17 They sacrificed(C) to false gods,(D) which are not God—
    gods they had not known,(E)
    gods that recently appeared,(F)
    gods your ancestors did not fear.
18 You deserted the Rock, who fathered you;
    you forgot(G) the God who gave you birth.

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