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17 They sacrificed to demons, not God,
to gods they had not known;
to new gods who had recently come along,
gods your ancestors[a] had not known about.
18 You forgot[b] the Rock who fathered you,
and put out of mind the God who gave you birth.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 32:17 tn Heb “your fathers.”
  2. Deuteronomy 32:18 tc The Hebrew text is uncertain here; the translation follows the suggestion offered in HALOT 1477 s.v. שׁיה. Cf. NASB, NLT “You neglected”; NIV “You deserted”; NRSV “You were unmindful of.”