14 You are never to bow down to another god because Yahweh, being jealous(A) by nature,[a] is a jealous God.

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  1. Exodus 34:14 Lit Yahweh—His name is Jealous, or Yahweh is jealous for His name, He

13 When My anger is spent and I have vented My wrath on them, I will be appeased.(A) Then after I have spent My wrath on them, they will know that I, Yahweh, have spoken in My jealousy.(B)

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17 And He said to me, “Do you see this, son of man? Is it not enough for the house of Judah to commit the detestable things they are practicing here, that they must also fill the land with violence(A) and repeatedly provoke Me to anger,(B) even putting the branch to their nose?[a][b] 18 Therefore I will respond with wrath.(C) I will not show pity or spare them.(D) Though they cry out in My ears with a loud voice,(E) I will not listen to them.”

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  1. Ezekiel 8:17 Ancient Jewish tradition reads My nose
  2. Ezekiel 8:17 Possibly a pagan ritual or a euphemism for offensive behavior

18 Their silver and their gold
will not be able to rescue them
on the day of the Lord’s wrath.(A)
The whole earth will be consumed
by the fire of His jealousy.(B)
For He will make a complete,
yes, a horrifying end
of all the inhabitants of the earth.

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