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14 if a spirit of jealousy comes on him and he is jealous of his wife who has defiled herself, or if a spirit of jealousy comes on him and he is jealous of his wife, though she has not defiled herself,

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14 and if feelings of jealousy(A) come over her husband and he suspects his wife and she is impure—or if he is jealous and suspects her even though she is not impure—

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34 For jealousy arouses a husband’s fury,
    and he will show no restraint when he takes revenge.(A)

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34 For jealousy(A) arouses a husband’s fury,(B)
    and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.

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22 Or are we provoking the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?(A)

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22 Are we trying to arouse the Lord’s jealousy?(A) Are we stronger than he?(B)

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Punishment and Conversion of the Nations

Therefore wait for me, says the Lord,
    for the day when I arise as a witness.
For my decision is to gather nations,
    to assemble kingdoms,
to pour out upon them my indignation,
    all the heat of my anger,
for in the fire of my passion
    all the earth shall be consumed.(A)

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Therefore wait(A) for me,”
    declares the Lord,
    “for the day I will stand up to testify.[a]
I have decided to assemble(B) the nations,(C)
    to gather the kingdoms
and to pour out my wrath(D) on them—
    all my fierce anger.(E)
The whole world will be consumed(F)
    by the fire of my jealous anger.

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 3:8 Septuagint and Syriac; Hebrew will rise up to plunder

30 or when a spirit of jealousy comes on a man and he is jealous of his wife, then he shall set the woman before the Lord, and the priest shall apply this entire law to her.

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30 or when feelings of jealousy(A) come over a man because he suspects his wife. The priest is to have her stand before the Lord and is to apply this entire law to her.

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