...offer their sacrifices unto devils, after whom they have gone a whoring ;" Lev. xvii. 7 ; and again, " They sacrificed unto devils, not to God ; to gods...that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not." Deut. xxxii. 17. While against the sin of witchcraft, the acquirement of power or knowledge by means...

...like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device, till at length, as it is written, they sacrificed unto devils, not to God, to gods,...they knew not, to new gods, that came newly up, whom their fathers feared not. Thus the knowledge of the true God came to be lost in the world, except among...

...heathens, besides their worship of dead idols, worshipped also living creatures, Dent. xxxii. 17. ' They sacrificed unto devils, not to God ; to gods...whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up.' They were only gods in their blinded opinion and foolish fancy, not in reality ; no more than the picture...

...after whom they have gone a whoring " (Lev. xvii. 7). " They sacrificed unto demons (Heb. shedim), not to God ; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not " (Deut. xxxii. 17). " And he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the demons (Heb. seirim),...

...and jealousy and the Evil Eye were one and the same thing. Concerning the Hebrew God YHWH we read : " They provoked him to jealousy with strange [gods] ; with abominations provoked they him to anger " (Deut. xxxii. 16 ; i Kings xiv. 22). And when David in his pride took a census of his people YHWH...

...by its usage in Deut. xxxii. 17: "They sacrificed unto devils, not to God (Eloah) ; to gods (elohim) whom they knew not; to NEW gods that CAME NEWLY UP, whom your fathers feared not." This is borne out by the word rendered " AROSE CJP a new king " (v. 8). In Daniel ii. this same word...

...with fatness: then he forsook God which made him. and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. 16 on 17 They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not. to new gods that came newly...

...have I done to you? How have I offended you?"; and, among other biblical sources, Deuteronomy 32:16: "They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger." Cf. Ezekiel 5:8-11. (Apparently, the "strange gods" were as "merchant of jalaps," selling purgatives.)...

..."Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Savior." Isaiah 45:15. Why? Because "they provoked him to jealousy with strange gods; with abominations provoked they him to anger." Deuteronomy 32:16. "They worshiped the Lord, but they also worshiped their own gods according to the...

...beginning; he can already foresee how the Hebrews will anger God, who will then expel them to Babylon: They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up. . . . They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; with their vanities: and I will move...