Deuteronomy 32:21

¹⁹ When the LORD saw this, He rejected them, provoked to anger by His sons and daughters.

²⁰ He said: “I will hide My face from them; I will see what will be their end. For they are a perverse generation— children of unfaithfulness.

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.

²² For a fire has been kindled by My anger, and it burns to the depths of Sheol; it consumes the earth and its produce, and scorches the foundations of the mountains.

²³ I will heap disasters upon them; I will spend My arrows against them.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: 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.
KJV: They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
WEB: They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God. They have provoked me to anger with their vanities. I will move them to jealousy with those who are not a people. I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
ASV: They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; They have provoked me to anger with their vanities: And I will move them to jealousy with those that are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
DARBY: They have moved me to jealousy with that which is no God; They have exasperated me with their vanities; And I will move them to jealousy with that which is not a people; With a foolish nation will I provoke them to anger.
BLB: They have provoked Me to jealousy by [what is] not God; they have moved Me to anger by their foolish idols. And I will provoke them to jealousy by [those] not a people; by a foolish nation I will anger them.

ÅB: De vakte min nidkjærhet ved det som ikke er Gud, de vakte min harme ved sine tomme avguder. Også jeg vil vekke deres nidkjærhet ved det som ikke er et folk; ved et uforstandig folk vil jeg vekke deres harme.
OTB: De har gjort meg sjalu med det som ikke er en gud; de har gjort meg vred med sine avguder. Så jeg vil gjøre dem misunnelige med dem som ikke er et folk; jeg vil provosere dem med en uforstandig nasjon.
B1930: De vakte min nidkjærhet ved det som ikke er Gud, de vakte min harme ved sine tomme avguder. Også jeg vil vekke deres nidkjærhet ved det som ikke er et folk; ved et uforstandig folk vil jeg vekke deres harme.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Romans 10:19
I ask instead, did Israel not understand? First, Moses says: “I will make you jealous by those who are not a nation; I will make you angry by a nation without understanding.”
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Romans 9:25
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 beloved,”
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Romans 11:11–14
I ask then, did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Certainly not! However, because of their trespass, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel jealous.
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1 Kings 16:26
For he walked in all the ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat and in his sins, which he caused Israel to commit, provoking the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger with their worthless idols.
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1 Kings 16:13
This happened because of all the sins Baasha and his son Elah had committed and had caused Israel to commit, provoking the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger with their worthless idols.
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Psalms 78:58
They enraged Him with their high places and provoked His jealousy with their idols.
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Deuteronomy 32:16
They provoked His jealousy with foreign gods; they enraged Him with abominations.
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Jonah 2:8
Those who cling to worthless idols forsake His loving devotion.
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