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Deuteronomy 32:17 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: King James Version

" 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. "

Deuteronomy 32:17

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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.

19 And when the LORD saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters.

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"Because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke me to anger, in that they went to burn incense, and to serve other gods, whom they knew not, neither they, ye, nor your fathers."

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From This Chapter

Deuteronomy 32:1

"Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth."

Deuteronomy 32:2

"My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:"

Deuteronomy 32:3

"Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe ye greatness unto our God."

Deuteronomy 32:4

"He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he."

Deuteronomy 32:5

"They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation."

Deuteronomy 32:6

"Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?"

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