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21 Since they have incited me with a “no-god,”
    and provoked me with their empty idols,
I will incite them with a “no-people”;[a]
    with a foolish nation I will provoke them.(A)
22 For by my wrath a fire is kindled
    that has raged to the depths of Sheol,
It has consumed the earth with its yield,
    and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.(B)
23 I will heap evils upon them
    and exhaust all my arrows against them:(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 32:21 “No-god”…“no-people”: worship of the gods of the nations brings destruction at the hands of a foreign invader. A false god cannot sustain or protect (cf. Jer 14:22); and though the nations seem “foolish” (see their characterization in such passages as Ps 114:1; Is 28:11; 33:19), they will prove to be anything but nonentities when the Lord stirs them up against Israel (Is 9:10–12). For the “no-” or “not-” construction, see Hos 1:6, 9; 2:1, 25.

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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