And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils, after whom they have gone a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations.
17:7 sacrifices unto devils. When any sacrifice is made to any pagan god, as the Israelites had tried to do at the golden calf (Exodus 32:8), they were actually worshipping evil spirits masquerading as gods (see I Corinthians 10:20).