(A)you shall not bow down to them nor [a]serve them. (B)For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, (C)visiting[b] the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, but (D)showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 20:5 worship
  2. Exodus 20:5 punishing

14 (for you shall worship (A)no other god, for the Lord, whose (B)name is Jealous, is a (C)jealous God),

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15 (for (A)the Lord your God is a jealous God (B)among you), lest the anger of the Lord your God be aroused against you and destroy you from the face of the earth.

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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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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 32:16 detestable acts

19 But Joshua said to the people, (A)“You cannot serve the Lord, for He is a (B)holy God. He is (C)a jealous God; (D)He will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins.

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25 “Therefore thus says the Lord God: (A)‘Now I will bring back the captives of Jacob, and have mercy on the (B)whole house of Israel; and I will be jealous for My holy name—

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God’s Wrath on His Enemies

God is (A)jealous, and the Lord avenges;
The Lord avenges and is furious.
The Lord will take vengeance on His adversaries,
And He reserves wrath for His enemies;

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