15. When Israel grew fat, they became stubborn. When they were filled with food, they became fat and heavy. They left the God who made them. They turned away from the Rock who saved them.
16. They made him jealous by serving strange gods. They made him angry by worshiping statues of gods. He hated those gods.
17. The people sacrificed to demons, not to God. The demons were gods they hadn't known anything about. Those gods were new to them. Their people long ago didn't worship them.
18. But then they deserted the Rock. He was their Father. They forgot the God who created them.