¹⁴ Do not worship any other god,^(A) for the Lord, whose name^(B) is Jealous, is a jealous God.^(C)

¹⁵ “Be careful not to make a treaty^(D) with those who live in the land; for when they prostitute^(E) themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you and you will eat their sacrifices.^{(F) 16} And when you choose some of their daughters as wives^(G) for your sons and those daughters prostitute themselves to their gods,^(H) they will lead your sons to do the same.

Israel Exiled Because of Sin

⁷ All this took place because the Israelites had sinned^(A) against the Lord their God, who had brought them up out of Egypt^(B) from under the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They worshiped other gods