30. Then stood up Phinehas [the priest] and executed judgment, and so the plague was stayed. [Num. 25:7, 8.]
31. And that was credited to him for righteousness (right doing and right standing with God) to all generations forever.
32. They angered the Lord also at the waters of Meribah, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes; [Num. 20:3-13.]
33. For they provoked [Moses'] spirit, so that he spoke unadvisedly with his lips.
34. They did not destroy the [heathen] nations as the Lord commanded them,
35. But mingled themselves with the [idolatrous] nations and learned their ways and works
36. And served their idols, which were a snare to them.
37. Yes, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons [II Kings 16:3.]
38. And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; and the land was polluted with their blood.
39. Thus were they defiled by their own works, and they played the harlot and practiced idolatry with their own deeds [of idolatrous rites].
40. Therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled against His people, insomuch that He abhorred and rejected His own heritage. [Deut. 32:17.]
41. And He gave them into the hands of the [heathen] nations, and they that hated them ruled over them.
42. Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under the hand of their foes.