...song of >io?es : " He forsook God which made him, sr¡d lightly esteemed the rock of his salvation. They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with...They sacrificed unto devils, not to God ; to gods u horn they knew not, to new gods that came newlv up, whom your fathers feared not. Of the ruck that...

...ver. 17. — Rutherforth's Essay, p. 294. — The words of Moses are these,—" They sacrificed to DEVILS, not to God ; to gods whom they knew not, to...that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not." The Hebrew word here translated devils, is schedim, which, the best interpreters tell us, has another...

...gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger. 17 They sacrificed unto devils, not to God ; to ods it, and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. 12 They shall leave none 18 Of the Rock that begat thee tliou art unmindul, and hast forgotten God that formed thee. 19 And...

...fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment." — Chap. x. 14, 1 7, 18. " They sacrificed unto devils, not to God ; to gods...that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not. Of the rock that begat thee, thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee." " They have...

...fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment." — Chap. x. 14, 1 7, 18. " They sacrificed unto devils, not to God ; to gods...that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not. Of the rock that begat thee, thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee." " They have...

...with fatness; Then he forsook God 'which made him, And lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. 16 rd of the LORD. And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Intreat now the face of th 17 They sacrificed unto devils, 'not to God; To gods whom they knew not, To new gods that came newly...

...and insulting to the mighty majesty of heaven. It can hardly escape notice that in the pair of lines. They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, With abominations provoked they him to anger,— a perfect epanode is produced, the two chief propositions severally beginning and ending the couplet,...

...in idolatrous worship as distinguished from that which was employed in sacrifice to the true God. " They sacrificed unto Devils, not to God, to gods whom they knew not."* Where are their gods in whom they trusted, which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and dranh the...

...nations, etc. (See Lev. xvii. 7.) And Moses on another occasion spoke of their idolatry, saying, " They sacrificed unto devils, not to God, to gods whom...that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not." (Deut. xxxii. 17.) And Jeroboam the king, " Ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils,...

...crooked generation ; Do ye thus requite the Lord, oh foolish people and unwise?" — Deut. xxxii. 5, 6. " They sacrificed unto devils, not to God ; to gods...that came newly up ; whom your fathers feared not ; Of the Rock that begat thte thou art unmindful ; And hast forgotten God that formed thee." — Deut....