Deuteronomy 32:17
They sacrificed to devils, not to God; to gods which they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.
Webster Bible
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In Context
16They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods , with abominations they provoked him to anger.
18Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.
Cross References
Leviticus 17:7And they shall no more offer their sacrifices to idols, with which they have committed idolatry: This shall be a statute for ever to them throughout their generations.
Deuteronomy 28:64And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people from the one end of the earth even to the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, 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 not I told thee from that time, and have declared it ? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God besides me? verily there is no God; I know not any .
Jeremiah 19:4Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it to other gods, whom neither they nor their fathers have known, nor the kings of Judah, and have filled this place with the blood of innocents;
1 Corinthians 10:19What then do I say? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing?
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 →