16They provoked His jealousy with foreign gods;
they enraged Him with abominations.
17They sacrificed to demons, not to God,
to gods they had not known,
to newly arrived gods,
which your fathers did not fear.
18You ignored the Rock who brought you forth;
you forgot the God who gave you birth.
19When the LORD saw this, He rejected them,
provoked to anger by His sons and daughters.
— Deuteronomy 32:16-19

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Illustration of Deuteronomy 32:16-18 NCV

Illustration of Deuteronomy 32:16-18 NCV -- They made God jealous with foreign gods and angry with hateful idols. They made sacrifices to demons, not God, to gods they had never known, new gods from nearby, gods your ancestors did not fear. You left God who is the Rock, your Father, and you forgot the God who gave you birth.