"They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new {gods that} came newly up, whom your fathers…" — Deuteronomy 32:17

Deuteronomy 32:17 · KJV

“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. {not to...: or, which were not God}”

— Deuteronomy 32:17

Verse 16

They provoked him to jealousy with strange {gods}, with abominations provoked they him to anger.

Verse 18

Of the Rock {that} begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.

Deuteronomy 32 — Context

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.

They provoked him to jealousy with strange {gods}, with abominations provoked they him to anger.

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. {not to...: or, which were not God}

Of the Rock {that} begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.

And when the LORD saw {it}, he abhorred {them}, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters. {abhorred: or, despised}

Cross References

Judges 5:8

They chose new gods; then {was} war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?

Deuteronomy 28:64

And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, {even} wood and stone.

Leviticus 17:7

And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils, after whom they have gone a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations.

1 Timothy 4:1

Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;

Isaiah 44:8

Fear 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 beside me? yea, {there is} no God; I know not {any}. {God; I: Heb. rock, etc}

Psalms 106:37-38

Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils,

Deuteronomy 32:21

They have moved me to jealousy with {that which is} not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with {those which are} not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.

Revelation 9:20

And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk: