21 (A)They have provoked Me to jealousy by what is not God;
They have moved Me to anger (B)by their [a]foolish idols.
But (C)I will provoke them to jealousy by those who are not a nation;
I will move them to anger by a foolish nation.

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  1. Deuteronomy 32:21 foolishness, lit. vanities

21 They made me jealous(A) by what is no god
    and angered me with their worthless idols.(B)
I will make them envious by those who are not a people;
    I will make them angry by a nation that has no understanding.(C)

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19 But I say, did Israel not know? First Moses says:

(A)“I will provoke you to jealousy by those who are not a nation,
I will move you to anger by a (B)foolish nation.”

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19 Again I ask: Did Israel not understand? First, Moses says,

“I will make you envious(A) by those who are not a nation;
    I will make you angry by a nation that has no understanding.”[a](B)

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  1. Romans 10:19 Deut. 32:21

25 As He says also in Hosea:

(A)“I will call them My people, who were not My people,
And her beloved, who was not beloved.”

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25 As he says in Hosea:

“I will call them ‘my people’ who are not my people;
    and I will call her ‘my loved one’ who is not my loved one,”[a](A)

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  1. Romans 9:25 Hosea 2:23

Israel’s Rejection Not Final

11 I say then, have they stumbled that they should fall? Certainly not! But (A)through their [a]fall, to provoke them to (B)jealousy, salvation has come to the Gentiles. 12 Now if their [b]fall is riches for the world, and their failure riches for the Gentiles, how much more their fullness!

13 For I speak to you Gentiles; inasmuch as (C)I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry, 14 if by any means I may provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh and (D)save some of them.

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  1. Romans 11:11 trespass
  2. Romans 11:12 trespass

Ingrafted Branches

11 Again I ask: Did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Not at all!(A) Rather, because of their transgression, salvation has come to the Gentiles(B) to make Israel envious.(C) 12 But if their transgression means riches for the world, and their loss means riches for the Gentiles,(D) how much greater riches will their full inclusion bring!

13 I am talking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles,(E) I take pride in my ministry 14 in the hope that I may somehow arouse my own people to envy(F) and save(G) some of them.

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26 For he (A)walked in all the ways of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his sin by which he had made Israel sin, provoking the Lord God of Israel to anger with their (B)idols.[a]

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  1. 1 Kings 16:26 Lit. vanities

26 He followed completely the ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat, committing the same sin Jeroboam had caused(A) Israel to commit, so that they aroused the anger of the Lord, the God of Israel, by their worthless idols.(B)

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13 for all the sins of Baasha and the sins of Elah his son, by which they had sinned and by which they had made Israel sin, in provoking the Lord God of Israel to anger (A)with their [a]idols.

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  1. 1 Kings 16:13 Lit. vanities

13 because of all the sins Baasha and his son Elah had committed and had caused Israel to commit, so that they aroused the anger of the Lord, the God of Israel, by their worthless idols.(A)

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“Those who regard (A)worthless idols
Forsake their own [a]Mercy.

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  1. Jonah 2:8 Or Lovingkindness

“Those who cling to worthless idols(A)
    turn away from God’s love for them.

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The Restoration of Israel

10 “Yet (A)the number of the children of Israel
Shall be as the sand of the sea,
Which cannot be measured or numbered.
(B)And it shall come to pass
In the place where it was said to them,
‘You are [a]not My (C)people,’
There it shall be said to them,
You are (D)sons of the living God.’

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  1. Hosea 1:10 Heb. lo-ammi, v. 9

10 “Yet the Israelites will be like the sand on the seashore, which cannot be measured or counted.(A) In the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ they will be called ‘children of the living God.’(B)

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22 (A)Are there any among (B)the idols of the nations that can cause (C)rain?
Or can the heavens give showers?
(D)Are You not He, O Lord our God?
Therefore we will wait for You,
Since You have made all these.

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22 Do any of the worthless idols(A) of the nations bring rain?(B)
    Do the skies themselves send down showers?
No, it is you, Lord our God.
    Therefore our hope is in you,
    for you are the one who does all this.(C)

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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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I have hated those (A)who regard useless idols;
But I trust in the Lord.

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I hate those who cling to worthless idols;(A)
    as for me, I trust in the Lord.(B)

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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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