16 (A)They provoked Him to jealousy with foreign gods;
With [a]abominations they provoked Him to anger.

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  1. Deuteronomy 32:16 detestable acts

16 They made him jealous(A) with their foreign gods
    and angered(B) him with their detestable idols.

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22 Or do we (A)provoke the Lord to jealousy? (B)Are we stronger than He?

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22 Are we trying to arouse the Lord’s jealousy?(A) Are we stronger than he?(B)

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58 (A)For they provoked Him to anger with their (B)high places,
And moved Him to jealousy with their carved images.

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58 They angered him(A) with their high places;(B)
    they aroused his jealousy with their idols.(C)

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God’s Mercy and Judgment

The [a]burden (A)against Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

God’s Wrath on His Enemies

God is (B)jealous, and the Lord avenges;
The Lord avenges and is furious.
The Lord will take vengeance on His adversaries,
And He reserves wrath for His enemies;

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  1. Nahum 1:1 oracle, prophecy

A prophecy(A) concerning Nineveh.(B) The book of the vision(C) of Nahum the Elkoshite.

The Lord’s Anger Against Nineveh

The Lord is a jealous(D) and avenging God;
    the Lord takes vengeance(E) and is filled with wrath.
The Lord takes vengeance on his foes
    and vents his wrath against his enemies.(F)

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13 Then the king defiled the [a]high places that were east of Jerusalem, which were on the [b]south of [c]the Mount of Corruption, which (A)Solomon king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the people of Ammon.

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  1. 2 Kings 23:13 Places for pagan worship
  2. 2 Kings 23:13 Lit. right of
  3. 2 Kings 23:13 The Mount of Olives

13 The king also desecrated the high places that were east of Jerusalem on the south of the Hill of Corruption—the ones Solomon(A) king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the vile goddess of the Sidonians, for Chemosh the vile god of Moab, and for Molek the detestable(B) god of the people of Ammon.(C)

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22 (A)Now Judah did evil in the sight of the Lord, and they (B)provoked Him to jealousy with their sins which they committed, more than all that their fathers had done.

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22 Judah(A) did evil in the eyes of the Lord. By the sins they committed they stirred up his jealous anger(B) more than those who were before them had done.

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25 You shall burn the carved images of their gods with fire; you shall not (A)covet[a] the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it for yourselves, lest you be snared by it; for it is an abomination to the Lord your God.

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  1. Deuteronomy 7:25 desire

25 The images of their gods you are to burn(A) in the fire. Do not covet(B) the silver and gold on them, and do not take it for yourselves, or you will be ensnared(C) by it, for it is detestable(D) to the Lord your God.

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you shall not (A)bow[a] down to them nor serve them. For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, [b]visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,

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  1. Deuteronomy 5:9 worship them
  2. Deuteronomy 5:9 punishing

You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents(A) to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,(B)

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27 (for all these abominations the men of the land have done, who were before you, and thus the land is defiled),

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27 for all these things were done by the people who lived in the land before you, and the land became defiled.

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