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21 They provoked me to jealousy over non-gods,
    and to be angry over their vanity.
Now I’ll provoke them to jealousy over a non-people;
    and over a foolish nation I’ll provoke them to anger.
22 For a fire breaks out in my anger—
    burning to the deepest part of[a] the afterlife,[b]
consuming the earth and its produce
    and igniting the foundations of the mountains.
23 I’ll bury them in misfortunes
    and bring them to an end with my arrows.

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  1. Deuteronomy 32:22 The Heb. lacks part of
  2. Deuteronomy 32:22 Lit. Sheol

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)
22 For a fire will be kindled by my wrath,(D)
    one that burns down to the realm of the dead below.(E)
It will devour(F) the earth and its harvests(G)
    and set afire the foundations of the mountains.(H)

23 “I will heap calamities(I) on them
    and spend my arrows(J) against them.

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