Holy Scripture
Deuteronomy 32:16
A church father on this verse
“In the first word: You shall not have strange gods before me, all profane pacts with demons are prohibited, whether they be made through incantations of words, or through inscriptions of characters or images, or through immolations of sacrifices. All these Augustine calls pacts with demons, because in such things ther…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
16They provoked me to anger with strange gods; With their abominations they bitterly angered me.
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14Butter of cows, and milk of sheep, With the fat of lambs and rams, Of calves and kids, With fat of kidneys of wheat; And he drank wine, the blood of the grape.
15So Jacob ate and was filled, And the beloved one kicked; He grew fat, he became thick and broad: Then he forsook the God that made him, And departed from God his Savior.
— Deuteronomy 32:16 —
17They sacrificed to devils, and not to God; To gods whom they knew not: New and fresh gods came in, Whom their fathers knew not.
18Thou hast forsaken God that begot thee, And forgotten God who feeds thee.