34 ^aThey did not destroy the peoples,
^bConcerning whom the Lord had commanded them, ‡

35 ^aBut they mingled with the Gentiles
And learned their works; ‡

36 ^aThey served their idols,
^bWhich became a snare to them. ‡

37 ^aThey even sacrificed their sons
And their daughters to ^bdemons, ‡

38 And shed innocent blood,
The blood of their sons and daughters,
Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan;
And ^athe land was polluted with blood. ‡

39 Thus they¹ were ^adefiled by their own works,
And ^bplayed the harlot by their own deeds. ‡

40 Therefore ^athe wrath of the Lord was kindled against His people,
So that He abhorred ^bHis own inheritance. ‡

41 And ^aHe gave them into the hand of the Gentiles,
And those who hated them ruled over them. ‡

42 Their enemies also oppressed them,
And they were brought into subjection under their hand.