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Deuteronomy 32:21 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: 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. "
Deuteronomy 32:21
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
And when the LORD saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters.
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.
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.
For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.
I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows
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Deuteronomy 32:1
"Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth."
Deuteronomy 32:2
"My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:"
Deuteronomy 32:3
"Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe ye greatness unto our God."
Deuteronomy 32:4
"He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right"
Deuteronomy 32:5
"They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation."
Deuteronomy 32:6
"Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established"
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