¹⁵ for ^(A)the Lord your God in your midst ^(B)is a jealous God—^(C)lest the anger of the Lord your God be kindled against you, and he destroy you from off the face of the earth.

²⁴ For ^(A)the Lord your God is a consuming fire, ^(B)a jealous God.

^5 (A)You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am ^(B)a jealous God, ^(C)visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me,

¹⁷ then ^(A)the anger of the Lord will be kindled against you, and he ^(B)will shut up the heavens, so that there will be no rain, and the land will yield no fruit, and ^(C)you will perish quickly off the good land that the Lord is giving you.

⁴ for they would turn away your sons from following me, to serve other gods. ^(A)Then the anger of the Lord would be kindled against you, and he would destroy you ^(B)quickly.

^16 (A)But they kept mocking the messengers of God, ^(B)despising his words and scoffing at his prophets, ^(C)until the wrath of the Lord rose against his people, until there was no remedy.