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.
¹⁸You turned away
    from God, your Creator;
you forgot the Mighty Rock,^[b]
    the source of your life.
¹⁹You were the Lord's children,
    but you made him angry.
Then he rejected you

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Footnotes

32.16,17 disgusting idols … foreign gods … demons … those useless gods: Different ways of referring to gods of other nations.
32.18 Mighty Rock: See the note at 32.4.