Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the work of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and it shall not be quenched.
Deuteronomy 29:26 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 and went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and whom he had not given unto them: Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 for they went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and whom he had not given unto them: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For they went and served other gods and worshiped them, gods they knew not and that He had not given to them. American Standard Version (1901) and went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods that they knew not, and that he had not given unto them: Common English Bible They followed other gods, serving them and worshipping them—other gods that they hadn’t experienced before and that the Lord hadn’t designated for them. Catholic Public Domain Version And they have served foreign gods, and adored them, though they did not know them, and though they had not been allotted to them. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And they have served strange gods, and adored them, whom they knew not, and for whom they had not been assigned. |
Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the work of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and it shall not be quenched.
Then shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, saith the LORD, and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have worshipped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law;
And 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.
Then men shall say, Because they forsook the covenant of the LORD, the God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt;
therefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against this land, to bring upon it all the curse that is written in this book:
They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?