They have made me jealous with false gods, enraging me with their worthless gods; so I will make them jealous with a people they do not recognize, with a nation slow to learn I will enrage them.

他们以那“不算为神”的触动我的愤恨，以虚无的神惹了我的怒气。我也要以那“不成子民”的触动他们的愤恨，以愚昧的国民惹了他们的怒气。

他们以那不是上帝的激起我妒忌，以虚无的神明惹我发怒。我要以不成国的激起你们嫉妒，我要以愚顽的国惹起你们发怒。

他们以那不是神的激起我妒忌，以虚无的神明惹我发怒。我要以不成国的激起你们嫉妒，我要以愚顽的国惹起你们发怒。

他们拜假神，让我愤恨；供虚无之物，惹我发怒。我要借无名之民挑起他们的嫉妒，用愚昧的国民激起他们的怒气。

他们以不是神的神激动了我的愤恨，以虚无之物惹动了我的怒气；我也以不是子民的人激动他们的愤恨，以愚昧的国民惹动他们的怒气。

他們以那「不算為神」的觸動我的憤恨，以虛無的神惹了我的怒氣。我也要以那「不成子民」的觸動他們的憤恨，以愚昧的國民惹了他們的怒氣。

他們以那不是上帝的激起我妒忌，以虛無的神明惹我發怒。我要以不成國的激起你們嫉妒，我要以愚頑的國惹起你們發怒。

他們以那不是神的激起我妒忌，以虛無的神明惹我發怒。我要以不成國的激起你們嫉妒，我要以愚頑的國惹起你們發怒。

他們拜假神，讓我憤恨；供虛無之物，惹我發怒。我要藉無名之民挑起他們的嫉妒，用愚昧的國民激起他們的怒氣。

他們以不是神的神激動了我的憤恨，以虛無之物惹動了我的怒氣；我也以不是子民的人激動他們的憤恨，以愚昧的國民惹動他們的怒氣。

他們呢、以那不是神的激了我的妒憤，以虛無的神惹了我發怒；我呢、也必以那不是子民的激他們的妒忌，以愚昧的外國人惹他們的憤恨。

彼以非神者觸我忌、以虛無者激我怒、我將以異族觸彼忌、以蚩氓激彼怒、

彼以非上帝匹我、干我震怒、彼崇事虛無、使我忿懥、故我將子異民、使彼發奮、子頑民、使彼激勵。

叩拜非天主動我忿心、崇事虛無干我震怒、我使賤族賤族或作異民動其忿恨、必使頑民激其惱怒、

They made me jealous by what is no god and angered me with their worthless idols. I will make them envious by those who are not a people; I will make them angry by a nation that has no understanding.

They made me jealous by serving what is not even a god. They made me angry by worshiping worthless statues of gods. I will use people who are not a nation to make them jealous. A nation that has no understanding will make them angry.

They have made me jealous with what is no god; they have provoked me to anger with their idols. So I will make them jealous with those who are no people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.

They have roused my jealousy by worshiping things that are not God; they have provoked my anger with their useless idols. Now I will rouse their jealousy through people who are not even a people; I will provoke their anger through the foolish Gentiles.

They have provoked my jealousy with what is not a god; they have enraged me with their worthless idols. So I will provoke their jealousy with what is not a people; I will enrage them with a foolish nation.

They have made Me 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,

They have provoked Me to jealousy by what is not God; They have moved Me to anger by their foolish idols. But I will provoke them to jealousy by those who are not a nation; I will move them to anger by a foolish nation.

They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; They have provoked me to anger with their vanities: And I will move them to jealousy with those that are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.

They have provoked My jealousy with their so-called gods; they have enraged Me with their worthless idols. So I will provoke their jealousy with an inferior people; I will enrage them with a foolish nation.

They have moved me to jealousy with[ that which is] not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with[ those which are] not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.

They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God. They have provoked me to anger with their vanities. I will move them to jealousy with those who are not a people. I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.

But again I ask, didn’t Israel understand? First Moses says,“ I will make you jealous by those who are not a nation; with a senseless nation I will provoke you to anger.”

He followed in the footsteps of Jeroboam son of Nebat and encouraged Israel to sin; they angered the LORD God of Israel with their worthless idols.

As he also says in Hosea:“ I will call those who were not my people,‘ My people,’ and I will call her who was unloved,‘ My beloved.’”

This happened because of all the sins which Baasha and his son Elah committed and which they made Israel commit. They angered the LORD God of Israel with their worthless idols.

I ask then, they did not stumble into an irrevocable fall, did they? Absolutely not! But by their transgression salvation has come to the Gentiles, to make Israel jealous.Now if their transgression means riches for the world and their defeat means riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their full restoration bring?Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Seeing that I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry,if somehow I could provoke my people to jealousy and save some of them.

( 2: 1) However, in the future the number of the people of Israel will be like the sand of the sea which can be neither measured nor numbered. Although it was said to them,“ You are not my people,” it will be said to them,“ You are children of the living God!”

Those who worship worthless idols forfeit the mercy that could be theirs.

I hear my dear people crying out throughout the length and breadth of the land. They are crying,‘ Is the LORD no longer in Zion? Is her divine King no longer there?’” The LORD answers,“ Why then do they provoke me to anger with their images, with their worthless foreign idols?”

They made him angry with their pagan shrines, and made him jealous with their idols.

I hate those who serve worthless idols, but I trust in the LORD.

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

The people of those nations are both stupid and foolish. Instruction from a wooden idol is worthless!

Do any of the worthless idols of the nations cause rain to fall? Do the skies themselves send showers? Is it not you, O Lord our God, who does this? So we put our hopes in you because you alone do all this.”

Or are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we really stronger than he is?

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.You once were not a people, but now you are God’s people. You were shown no mercy, but now you have received mercy.

Then as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them just as he did on us at the beginning.

You should not turn aside after empty things that can’t profit and can’t deliver, since they are empty.