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Deuteronomy 32:21

They have made me jealous by what is not god 1 and angered me by their worthless things. 1 I will make them envious by those who are not a people; 1 by a foolish nation I will make them angry. 1

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

20“I will hide my face from them,” he said, 1 “and I will see what their end will be; 1 for they are a perverse generation, 1 children who are unfaithful. 1

22For a fire is kindled by my anger 1 and is burning to the lowest Sheol; 1 it is devouring the earth and its harvest; 1 it is setting on fire the foundations of the mountains. 1

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Cross References

1 Samuel 12:21Do not turn away after empty things that cannot profit or rescue you, because they are useless.

1 Kings 16:13for all the sins of Baasha and the sins of Elah his son that they committed, and by which they had led Israel to sin, so that they provoked Yahweh, the God of Israel, to anger with their idols.

2 Kings 17:11There they burned incense in all the high places, as the nations had done, those whom Yahweh had carried away before them. The Israelites performed wicked things to provoke Yahweh to anger;

2 Kings 22:17Because they have forsaken me and have burned incense to other gods, so that they might provoke me to anger with all the deeds they have committed—therefore my anger has been kindled against this place, and it will not be extinguished.'”

Psalms 78:58For they made him angry with their high places 1 and provoked him to jealous anger with their idols. 1

Jeremiah 2:11Has a nation exchanged gods, even though they were not gods? 1 But my people have exchanged their glory for what cannot help them. + 2:11 Instead of their glory , some ancient copies have my glory . 1

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 →

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