But I say, Did not Israel know? First, Moses says, “I will provoke you to jealousy by a non-nation, by an undiscerning nation I will anger you.” Deut. 32:21
Every man is being stupid from lack of knowledge; every refiner is put to shame by the carved image. For his molten image is a lie and no breath is in them.
And I will sow her to Me in the earth. And I will have mercy on No Mercy. And I will say to Not My People, You are My People! And he shall say, My God! (Rom. 2:24)
But I say, Did they not hear? Nay, rather, “into all the earth their voice went out, and to the ends of the world their words.” LXX-Psa. 18:5; MT-Psa. 19:4
I say, then, Did not they stumble that they might fall? Let it not be! But by their deviation came salvation to the nations, to provoke them to jealousy.
For do you not have houses in which to eat and to drink? Or do you despise the assembly of God, and shame the ones who have not? What should I say to you? Shall I praise you for this? I do not praise.
They made Me jealous with a no-god; they made Me angry by their vanities; and I shall make them jealous by a no-people; by a foolish nation I shall make them angry.
For we also once were senseless, disobedient, being led astray, slaving for various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.