Deuteronomy 32:21
They have made Me jealous by [what is] not God, || They made Me angry by their vanities; And I make them jealous by [what is] not a people, || I make them angry by a foolish nation.
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1 Samuel 12:21and you do not turn aside after the vain things which do not profit nor deliver, for they [are] vain,
1 Kings 16:13concerning all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of his son Elah, that they sinned, and that they caused Israel to sin to provoke YHWH, God of Israel, with their vanities.
2 Kings 17:11and make incense there in all high places, like the nations that YHWH removed from their presence, and do evil things to provoke YHWH,
2 Kings 22:17because that they have forsaken Me, and make incense to other gods, so as to provoke Me to anger with every work of their hands, and My wrath has been kindled against this place, and it is not quenched.
Psalms 78:58And make Him angry with their high places, || And make Him zealous with their carved images,
Jeremiah 2:11Has a nation changed gods? (And they [are] no gods!) And My people has changed its glory || For that which does not profit.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 32:20-26
19 And when the Lord saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters. 20 And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith. 21 They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation. 22 For a fire is kindled… Read the whole commentary →