Deuteronomy 32:17
They sacrificed unto demons, which were no God, To gods whom they knew not, To new gods that came up of late, Whom your fathers dreaded not.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
16They moved him to jealousy with strange gods, With abominations provoked they him to anger.
18Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, And hast forgotten God that gave thee birth.
Cross References
Leviticus 17:7And they shall no more sacrifice their sacrifices unto the he-goats, after whom they go a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations.
Deuteronomy 28:64And the LORD shall scatter thee among all peoples, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou nor thy fathers, even wood and stone.
Judges 5:8They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
Isaiah 44:8Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have I not declared unto thee of old, and shewed it? and ye are my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no Rock; I know not any.
Jeremiah 19:4Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it unto other gods, whom they knew not, they and their fathers and the kings of Judah; and have filled this place with the blood of innocents;
1 Corinthians 10:19What say I then? that a thing sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything?
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 32:16-19
15 But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. 16 They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger. 17 They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not. 18 Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.… Read the whole commentary →