14 Their cows and goats gave plenty of milk;they had the best sheep, goats, and cattle,the finest wheat, and the choicest wine.
15 “The Lord's people grew rich, but rebellious;they were fat and stuffed with food.They abandoned God their Creatorand rejected their mighty savior.
16 Their idolatry made the Lord jealous;the evil they did made him angry.
17 They sacrificed to gods that are not real,new gods their ancestors had never known,gods that Israel had never obeyed.
18 They forgot their God, their mighty savior,the one who had given them life.
19 “When the Lord saw this, he was angryand rejected his sons and daughters.
20 ‘I will no longer help them,’ he said;‘then I will see what happens to them,those stubborn, unfaithful people.