20 He said, “I will hide my face from them;(A)
I will see what will become of them,
for they are a perverse generation—
unfaithful children.
21 They have provoked my jealousy
with what is not a god;[a]
they have enraged me with their worthless idols.(B)
So I will provoke their jealousy
with what is not a people;[b]
I will enrage them with a foolish nation.(C)
22 For fire has been kindled because of my anger
and burns to the depths of Sheol;(D)
it devours the land and its produce,
and scorches the foundations of the mountains.

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Footnotes

  1. 32:21 Lit with no gods
  2. 32:21 Lit with no people

20 “I will hide my face(A) from them,” he said,
    “and see what their end will be;
for they are a perverse generation,(B)
    children who are unfaithful.(C)
21 They made me jealous(D) by what is no god
    and angered me with their worthless idols.(E)
I will make them envious by those who are not a people;
    I will make them angry by a nation that has no understanding.(F)
22 For a fire will be kindled by my wrath,(G)
    one that burns down to the realm of the dead below.(H)
It will devour(I) the earth and its harvests(J)
    and set afire the foundations of the mountains.(K)

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