35 Instead, they mixed with those nations and adopted their ways.
36 They worshiped statues of their gods. That became a trap for them.
37 They sacrificed their sons and daughters as offerings to demons.
38 They killed those who weren't guilty of doing anything wrong. They killed their own sons and daughters. They sacrificed them as offerings to statues of the gods of Canaan. The land became "unclean" because of the blood of their children.
39 The people polluted themselves by what they had done. They weren't faithful to the Lord.
40 So the Lord became angry with his people. He turned away from his own children.
41 He handed them over to the nations. Their enemies ruled over them.