They have provoked My jealousy by that which is not God; they have enraged Me with their worthless idols. So I will make them jealous by those who are not a people; I will make them angry by a nation without understanding.
I ask instead, did Israel not understand? First, Moses says: “I will make you jealous by those who are not a nation; I w
As He says in Hosea: “I will call them ‘My People’ who are not My people, and I will call her ‘My Beloved’ who is not My
I ask then, did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Certainly not! However, because of their trespass, salvation
For he walked in all the ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat and in his sins, which he caused Israel to commit, provoking the
This happened because of all the sins Baasha and his son Elah had committed and had caused Israel to commit, provoking t
They provoked His jealousy with foreign gods; they enraged Him with abominations.
They enraged Him with their high places and provoked His jealousy with their idols.
Those who cling to worthless idols forsake His loving devotion.
I hate those who cling to worthless idols, but in the LORD I trust.
Can the worthless idols of the nations bring rain? Do the skies alone send showers? Is this not by You, O LORD our God?
Yet the number of the Israelites will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or counted. And it will happ
Are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?
As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, just as He had fallen upon us at the beginning.
Listen to the cry of the daughter of my people from a land far away: “Is the LORD no longer in Zion? Is her King no long
Do not turn aside after worthless things that cannot profit you or deliver you, for they are empty.
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtu
But they are altogether senseless and foolish, instructed by worthless idols made of wood!