Deuteronomy 32:16

They provoked Him to jealousy with zarim (foreign g-ds), 1 with to'evot (abominations) provoked they Him to anger. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger.

In Context

15But Yeshurun grew fat, and kicked; 1 thou art grown fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; 1 then he forsook G-d which made him, 1 and lightly esteemed the Tzur of his Yeshu'ah (Salvation). 1

17They sacrificed unto shedim (demons), not to G-d; 1 to elohim whom they knew not, 1 to chadashim (new g-ds), new arrivals, 1 whom Avoteichem feared not. 1

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Cross References

Leviticus 18:27(For all these to'evot have the anshei HaAretz done, which were before you, and HaAretz is tamei;)

Deuteronomy 7:25The peselim of eloheihem shall ye burn with eish; thou shalt not desire the kesef or zahav that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein; for it is a to'evah (abomination) to Hashem Eloheicha.

1 Kings 14:22And Yehudah did the rah in the eyes of Hashem, and they provoked Him to kina (jealousy) with their chattot which they had committed, which were more than all that their avot had done.

2 Kings 17:17And they caused their banim and their banot to pass through the eish, and practiced kesamim and practiced witchcraft, and sold themselves to do rah in the eyes of Hashem, to provoke Him to anger.

2 Kings 23:13And the high places that were before Yerushalayim, which were on the right of the Har HaMashchit, which Sh'lomo Melech Yisroel had built for Ashtoret shikkutz Tzidonim, and for Kemosh shikkutz Moav, and for Milkom to'avat Bnei Ammon, did HaMelech make tameh.

Jeremiah 2:11Hath ever a nation changed elohim, 1 and these no elohim at all? 1 But My people have exchanged their kavod 1 for that which is worthless. 1

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 32:16-19

15 But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. 16 They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger. 17 They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not. 18 Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.… Read the whole commentary →

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