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38 They poured out the blood of those who were not guilty, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they gave on an altar to the gods of Canaan. And the land was poisoned with blood. 39 They made themselves unclean by what they did. They were not true to God in what they did.

40 So the Lord was angry with His people. He hated His people.

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38 They shed innocent blood,
    the blood of their sons(A) and daughters,
whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan,
    and the land was desecrated by their blood.
39 They defiled themselves(B) by what they did;
    by their deeds they prostituted(C) themselves.

40 Therefore the Lord was angry(D) with his people
    and abhorred his inheritance.(E)

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