19 When the Lord saw this, He despised them,
provoked to anger by His sons and daughters.
20 He said: “I will hide My face from them;
I will see what will become of them,
for they are a perverse generation—
unfaithful children.
21 They have provoked My jealousy
with their so-called gods;[a]
they have enraged Me with their worthless idols.
So I will provoke their jealousy
with an inferior people;[b]
I will enrage them with a foolish nation.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 32:21 Lit with no gods
  2. Deuteronomy 32:21 Lit with no people

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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