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Deuteronomy 32

Deut. 32:21 KJV (With Strong’s)

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They have moved me to jealousy
qana' (Hebrew #7065)
to be (causatively, make) zealous, i.e. (in a bad sense) jealous or envious
KJV usage: (be) envy(-ious), be (move to, provoke to) jealous(-y), X very, (be) zeal(-ous).
Pronounce: kaw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
with that which is not
lo' (Hebrew #3808)
or loh (Deut. 3:11) {lo}; a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles (as follows)
KJV usage: X before, + or else, ere, + except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), (X as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, + surely, + as truly as, + of a truth, + verily, for want, + whether, without.
Pronounce: lo
Origin: or lowi {lo}
God
'el (Hebrew #410)
strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity)
KJV usage: God (god), X goodly, X great, idol, might(-y one), power, strong. Compare names in "-el."
Pronounce: ale
Origin: shortened from 352
; they have provoked me to anger
ka`ac (Hebrew #3707)
to trouble; by implication, to grieve, rage, be indignant
KJV usage: be angry, be grieved, take indignation, provoke (to anger, unto wrath), have sorrow, vex, be wroth.
Pronounce: kaw-as'
Origin: a primitive root
with their vanities
hebel (Hebrew #1892)
from 1891; emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb
KJV usage: X altogether, vain, vanity.
Pronounce: heh'bel
Origin: or (rarely in the abs.) habel {hab-ale'}
: and I wills move them to jealousy
qana' (Hebrew #7065)
to be (causatively, make) zealous, i.e. (in a bad sense) jealous or envious
KJV usage: (be) envy(-ious), be (move to, provoke to) jealous(-y), X very, (be) zeal(-ous).
Pronounce: kaw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
with those which are not a people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
; I will provoke them to anger
ka`ac (Hebrew #3707)
to trouble; by implication, to grieve, rage, be indignant
KJV usage: be angry, be grieved, take indignation, provoke (to anger, unto wrath), have sorrow, vex, be wroth.
Pronounce: kaw-as'
Origin: a primitive root
with a foolish
nabal (Hebrew #5036)
stupid; wicked (especially impious)
KJV usage: fool(-ish, -ish man, -ish woman), vile person.
Pronounce: naw-bawl'
Origin: from 5034
nation
gowy (Hebrew #1471)
apparently from the same root as 1465 (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
KJV usage: Gentile, heathen, nation, people.
Pronounce: go'-ee
Origin: rarely (shortened) goy {go'-ee}
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2 Chron. 1:10• 10Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people; for who can judge this thy great people? (2 Chron. 1:10)
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2 Chron. 10:19• 19And Israel rebelled against the house of David, unto this day. (2 Chron. 10:19)

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Ministry on This Verse

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moved me.
Deut. 32:16• 16They moved him to jealousy with strange gods, With abominations did they provoke him to anger. (Deut. 32:16)
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Psa. 78:58• 58And they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images. (Psa. 78:58)
with their vanities.
1 Sam. 12:21• 21and turn ye not aside; for it would be after vain things which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain. (1 Sam. 12:21)
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1 Kings 16:13,26• 13for all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, which they sinned and wherewith they made Israel to sin, provoking Jehovah the God of Israel to anger with their vanities.
 26And he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his sins wherewith he made Israel to sin, provoking Jehovah the God of Israel to anger with their vanities. (1 Kings 16:13,26)
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Psa. 31:6• 6I have hated them that observe lying vanities; and as for me, I have confided in Jehovah. (Psa. 31:6)
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Jer. 8:19• 19Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people, from a very far country: Is not Jehovah in Zion? Is not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, with foreign vanities? (Jer. 8:19)
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Jer. 10:8• 8But they are one and all senseless and foolish; the teaching of vanities is a stock. (Jer. 10:8)
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Jer. 14:22• 22Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? Art not thou HE, Jehovah, our God? And we wait upon thee; for thou hast made all these things. (Jer. 14:22)
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Jonah 2:8• 8They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy. (Jonah 2:8)
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Acts 11:15• 15And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them even as upon us also at the beginning. (Acts 11:15)
I will.
Hos. 1:10• 10Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea which cannot be measured or numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, it shall be said unto them, Sons of the living *God. (Hos. 1:10)
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Rom. 9:25• 25As he says also in Hosea, I will call not-my-people My people; and the-not-beloved Beloved. (Rom. 9:25)
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Rom. 10:19• 19But I say, Has not Israel known? First, Moses says, *I* will provoke you to jealousy through them that are not a nation: through a nation without understanding I will anger you. (Rom. 10:19)
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Rom. 11:11‑14• 11I say then, Have they stumbled in order that they might fall? Far be the thought: but by their fall there is salvation to the nations to provoke them to jealousy.
 12But if their fall be the world's wealth, and their loss the wealth of the nations, how much rather their fulness?
 13For I speak to you, the nations, inasmuch as *I* am apostle of nations, I glorify my ministry;
 14if by any means I shall provoke to jealousy them which are my flesh, and shall save some from among them. (Rom. 11:11‑14)
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1 Peter 2:9‑10• 9But *ye* are a chosen race, a kingly priesthood, a holy nation, a people for a possession, that ye might set forth the excellencies of him who has called you out of darkness to his wonderful light;
 10who once were not a people, but now God's people; who were not enjoying mercy, but now have found mercy. (1 Peter 2:9‑10)
• The Apostle Paul refutes them {so called higher critics who deny Mosaic authorship} all beforehand in a few words which carry the force and light of truth, as theirs do of clashing inanities. He declares that verse 21 is the language of Moses, and that the allusion is to the Gentiles called while God counts Israel Lo-ammi (Rom. 10:19). Neither Syrians nor Assyrians are in view then, but, during the temporary exclusion of the ancient people, the call of those not a people to move Israel to jealousy. Compare Rom. 11. (“Deuteronomy 32” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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They have moved me to jealousy with that which is no *Godf; 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.

JND Translation Notes

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Which is Not-El.