You will, on your own, relinquish your inheritance that I gave you. I will make you serve your enemies in a land you do not know, for you have set my anger on fire; it will burn for ever.
Numbers 25:3 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised So Israel aligned itself with Baal of Peor, and the Lord’s anger burned against Israel. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Israel joined himself unto Baal-peor: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So Israel joined himself to [the god] Baal of Peor. And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel. American Standard Version (1901) And Israel joined himself unto Baal-peor: and the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel. Common English Bible Israel became attached to the Baal of Peor, and the LORD was angry at the Israelites. Catholic Public Domain Version And Israel was initiated into Baal of Peor. And so the Lord, being angry, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Israel was initiated to Beelphegor. Upon which the Lord being angry, |
You will, on your own, relinquish your inheritance that I gave you. I will make you serve your enemies in a land you do not know, for you have set my anger on fire; it will burn for ever.
I will not punish your daughters when they act promiscuously or your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery, for the men themselves go off with prostitutes and make sacrifices with cult prostitutes. People without discernment are doomed.
I discovered Israel like grapes in the wilderness. I saw your ancestors like the first fruit of the fig tree in its first season. But they went to Baal-peor, consecrated themselves to Shame, , and became abhorrent, like the thing they loved.
So Moses told Israel’s judges, ‘Kill each of the men who aligned themselves with Baal of Peor.’
‘Yet they are the ones who, at Balaam’s advice, incited the Israelites to unfaithfulness against the Lord in the Peor incident, so that the plague came against the Lord’s community.
Wasn’t the iniquity of Peor, which brought a plague on the Lord’s community, enough for us? We have not cleansed ourselves from it even to this day,
The Israelites did what was evil in the Lord’s sight. They worshipped the Baals
The Lord’s anger burned against Israel, and he handed them over to marauders who raided them. He sold them to the enemies around them, and they could no longer resist their enemies.
The Lord’s anger burned against Israel, and he declared, ‘Because this nation has violated my covenant that I made with their ancestors and disobeyed me,