38. And shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan; and the land was polluted with blood.
39. And they were defiled with their works, and went a-whoring in their doings.
40. Then was the anger of Jehovah kindled against his people, and he abhorred his inheritance;
41. And he gave them into the hand of the nations; and they that hated them ruled over them:
42. And their enemies oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand.
43. Often did he deliver them; but as for them they provoked him by their counsel, and they were brought low by their iniquity.
44. But he regarded their distress, when he heard their cry;
45. And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his loving-kindnesses;