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15 (A)But [a]Jeshurun grew fat and kicked—
You grew fat, thick, and sleek—
(B)Then he abandoned God (C)who made him,
And treated (D)the Rock of his salvation with wicked foolishness.
16 (E)They made Him jealous with strange gods;
(F)With abominations they provoked Him to anger.
17 (G)They sacrificed to demons who were not God,
(H)To gods whom they have not known,
(I)New gods who came lately,
Whom your fathers did not dread.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 32:15 A poetic name for Israel, cf. 33:5, 26; Is 44:2

15 Jeshurun[a](A) grew fat(B) and kicked;
    filled with food, they became heavy and sleek.
They abandoned(C) the God who made them
    and rejected the Rock(D) their Savior.
16 They made him jealous(E) with their foreign gods
    and angered(F) him with their detestable idols.
17 They sacrificed(G) to false gods,(H) which are not God—
    gods they had not known,(I)
    gods that recently appeared,(J)
    gods your ancestors did not fear.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 32:15 Jeshurun means the upright one, that is, Israel.