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20 
“Then He said, ‘I will hide My face from them,
I will see what their end shall be;
For they are a perverse generation,
Sons in whom there is no faithfulness.
21 
‘They have made Me [a]jealous with what is not God;
They have provoked Me to anger with their idols.
So I will make them jealous with those who are not a people;
I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
22 
‘For a fire is kindled by My anger,
And it burns to the depths of Sheol (the place of the dead, the nether world),
It devours the earth with its yield,
And sets on fire the foundations of the mountains.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 32:21 God does not tolerate the transfer of the honor and worship that is due Him to any other being or object.

20 “I will hide my face(A) from them,” he said,
    “and see what their end will be;
for they are a perverse generation,(B)
    children who are unfaithful.(C)
21 They made me jealous(D) by what is no god
    and angered me with their worthless idols.(E)
I will make them envious by those who are not a people;
    I will make them angry by a nation that has no understanding.(F)
22 For a fire will be kindled by my wrath,(G)
    one that burns down to the realm of the dead below.(H)
It will devour(I) the earth and its harvests(J)
    and set afire the foundations of the mountains.(K)

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