Ordo we provokethe Lordto jealousy?We are not strongerthan He, are we?
Judahdidevilin the sightof the LORD,and they provokedHim to jealousymorethanallthat their fathershad done,with the sinswhichthey committed.
"Wisein heartand mightyin strength,Whohas defiedHim withoutharm?
For they provokedHim with their highplacesAnd aroused His jealousywith their gravenimages.
"You shall not worshipthem or servethem; for I, the LORDyour God,am a jealousGod,visitingthe iniquityof the fatherson the children,on the thirdand the fourthgenerations of those who hateMe,
for you shall not worshipanyothergod,for the LORD,whose nameis Jealous,is a jealousGod--
Whateverexistshas alreadybeen named,and it is knownwhatmanis; for he cannotdisputewith him whois strongerthanhe is.
"Woeto [the one] who quarrelswith his Maker--An earthenwarevesselamongthe vesselsof earth!Will the claysayto the potter,'Whatare you doing?'Or the thingyou are making[say], 'He hasnohands'?
provokingMe to angerwith the worksof your hands,burningsacrificesto othergodsin the landof Egypt,whereyou are enteringto reside,sothat you might be cutoffand becomea curseand a reproachamong allthe nationsof the earth?
"Do they spiteMe?" declaresthe LORD."Is it not themselves [they spite], to their ownshame?"
"Can your heartendure,orcan your handsbe strongin the daysthat I will dealwith you? I, the LORD,have spokenand will act.
Neithertheir silvernortheir goldWill be ableto deliverthem On the dayof the LORD'Swrath;And allthe earthwill be devouredIn the fireof His jealousy,For He will makea completeend,Indeeda terrifyingone, Of allthe inhabitantsof the earth.
"They madeHim jealouswith strange[gods]; With abominationsthey provokedHim to anger.
They have madeMe jealouswith [what] is not God;They have provokedMe to angerwith their idols.So I will make them jealouswith [those who] are not a people;I will provokethem to angerwith a foolishnation,
"For the LORDyour Godis a consumingfire,a jealousGod.
for the LORDyour Godin the midstof you is a jealousGod;otherwisethe angerof the LORDyour Godwill be kindledagainst you, and He will wipeyou offthe faceof the earth.
It is a terrifying thingto fallinto the handsof the livingGod.
Then Joshuasaidto the people,"You will not be ableto servethe LORD,for He is a holyGod.He is a jealousGod;He will not forgiveyour transgressionor your sins.
