They made him jealous by serving false gods. They made him angry by worshiping statues of gods. He hated those gods.

敬拜别神，触动神的愤恨，行可憎恶的事，惹了他的怒气。

他们用外邦神明惹上帝妒忌，以可憎之物惹他发怒。

他们用外邦神明惹神妒忌，以可憎之物惹他发怒。

他们拜外族的神明，令祂愤恨；行可憎之事，惹祂发怒。

他们以外族人的神激动了神的愤恨，以可憎之事惹起了他的怒气。

敬拜別神，觸動神的憤恨，行可憎惡的事，惹了他的怒氣。

他們用外邦神明惹上帝妒忌，以可憎之物惹他發怒。

他們用外邦神明惹神妒忌，以可憎之物惹他發怒。

他們拜外族的神明，令祂憤恨；行可憎之事，惹祂發怒。

他們以外族人的神激動了神的憤恨，以可憎之事惹起了他的怒氣。

他們用外族人的神激了上帝的妒憤，用可厭惡的事惹了他發怒。

崇事異族之神、以觸其忌、行作可憎之事、以激其怒、

彼崇他上帝、干厥震怒。彼事可惡之物、攖其忿懥、

奉事別神動主忿心、行可憎事或作崇拜可惡之物干主震怒、

They made him jealous with their foreign gods and angered him with their detestable idols.

They stirred him to jealousy with strange gods; with abominations they provoked him to anger.

They stirred up his jealousy by worshiping foreign gods; they provoked his fury with detestable deeds.

They provoked his jealousy with different gods; they enraged him with detestable practices.

They made Him jealous with strange gods; With abominations they provoked Him to anger.

They provoked Him to jealousy with foreign gods; With abominations they provoked Him to anger.

They moved him to jealousy with strange gods; With abominations provoked they him to anger.

They provoked His jealousy with foreign gods; they enraged Him with detestable practices.

They provoked him to jealousy with strange[ gods], with abominations provoked they him to anger.

They made him jealous with other gods, they enraged him with abhorrent idols.

They moved him to jealousy with strange gods. They provoked him to anger with abominations.

Are we trying to make the Lord jealous? Are we stronger than he is?

They made God angry by going to their high places. They made him jealous by worshiping the statues of their gods.

The king also destroyed the high places that were east of Jerusalem. They were at the southern end of the Mount of Olives. They were the ones Solomon, the king of Israel, had built. He had built a high place for worshiping Ashtoreth. She was the evil female god of the people of Sidon. Solomon had also built one for worshiping Chemosh. He was the evil god of Moab. And Solomon had built one for worshiping Molek. He was the god of the people of Ammon. The Lord hated that god.

Burn the statues of their gods in the fire. Don’t wish for the silver and gold on those statues. Don’t take it for yourselves. If you do, it will be a trap for you. The Lord your God hates it.

Do not bow down to them or worship them. I am the Lord your God. I want you to worship only me. I cause the sins of the parents to affect their children. I will cause the sins of those who hate me to affect even their grandchildren and great- grandchildren.

All these things were done by the people who lived in the land before you. That is how the land became“ unclean.”

Here is a prophecy the Lord gave Nahum, who was from the town of Elkosh. The prophecy came in a vision and is written in a book. The prophecy is about Nineveh.The Lord is a jealous God who punishes people. He pays them back for the evil things they do. He directs his anger against them. The Lord punishes his enemies. He holds his anger back until the right time to use it.

The people of Judah did what was evil in the sight of the Lord. The sins they had committed made the Lord angry. The Lord was angry because they refused to worship only him. They did more to make him angry than their people who lived before them had done.