Study Desk

Because they ^(bc)were rebellious against ^[w]His Spirit, He spoke rashly with his lips.

They ^(bd)did not destroy the peoples, As ^(be)the Lord commanded them,

But ^(bf)they mingled with the nations And learned their ^[x]practices,

And ^(bg)served their idols, ^(bh)Which became a snare to them.

They even ^(bi)sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the ^(bj)demons,

And shed ^(bk)innocent blood, The blood of their ^(bl)sons and their daughters, Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; And the land was ^(bm)polluted with the blood.

Thus they became ^(bn)unclean in their ^[y]practices, And ^(bo)played the harlot in their deeds.

Therefore the ^(bp)anger of the Lord was kindled against His people And He ^(bq)abhorred His ^[z](br)inheritance.

Then ^(bs)He gave them into the hand of the ^[aa]nations, And those who hated them ruled over them.

Their enemies also ^(bt)oppressed them, And they were subdued under their ^[ab]power.

Many times He would ^(bu)deliver them; They, however, were rebellious in their ^(bv)counsel, And so ^(bw)sank down in their iniquity.

Nevertheless He looked upon their distress When He ^(bx)heard their cry;

And He ^(by)remembered His covenant for their sake, And ^[ac](bz)relented ^(ca)according to the greatness of His lovingkindness.

He also made them ^(cb)objects of compassion In the presence of all their captors.