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19 The Lord saw this and rejected them,
because his sons and daughters had provoked him.
20 So the Lord said:[a]
    I will hide my face from them,
    until I see what their final condition will be,
    because they are a twisted generation,
    children who cannot be trusted.

21 They have made me jealous with their non-gods.
They have provoked me with their useless things.
So I will make them jealous by a non-people.
By a foolish nation I will provoke them.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 32:20 There are frequent unmarked changes of speaker in Hebrew poetry. In this poem the shifts from Moses’ words to the Lord’s words are indicated in the increased indentation.

19 The Lord saw this and rejected them(A)
    because he was angered by his sons and daughters.(B)
20 “I will hide my face(C) from them,” he said,
    “and see what their end will be;
for they are a perverse generation,(D)
    children who are unfaithful.(E)
21 They made me jealous(F) by what is no god
    and angered me with their worthless idols.(G)
I will make them envious by those who are not a people;
    I will make them angry by a nation that has no understanding.(H)

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