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 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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Footnotes

  1. Romans 10:19 Deut. 32:21

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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Footnotes

  1. Romans 9:25 Hosea 2:23

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

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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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15 “As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit came on(A) them as he had come on us at the beginning.(B)

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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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19 Listen to the cry of my people
    from a land far away:(A)
“Is the Lord not in Zion?
    Is her King(B) no longer there?”

“Why have they aroused(C) my anger with their images,
    with their worthless(D) foreign idols?”(E)

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

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

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They are all senseless(A) and foolish;(B)
    they are taught by worthless wooden idols.(C)

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But you are a chosen people,(A) a royal priesthood,(B) a holy nation,(C) God’s special possession,(D) that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.(E) 10 Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God;(F) once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

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21 Do not turn away after useless(A) idols.(B) They can do you no good, nor can they rescue you, because they are useless.

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