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

因他们的邱坛惹了他的怒气；因他们雕刻的偶像触动他的愤恨。

以丘坛惹他发怒，以雕刻的偶像使他忌恨。

以丘坛惹他发怒，以雕刻的偶像使他忌恨。

他们建造丘坛，惹祂发怒；他们竖起神像，令祂愤怒。

因他们的邱坛，惹起他的怒气，因他们雕刻的偶像，激起他的愤恨。

他们的高所惹他恼怒，他们雕刻的偶像激起他的嫉恨。

因他們的邱壇惹了他的怒氣；因他們雕刻的偶像觸動他的憤恨。

以丘壇惹他發怒，以雕刻的偶像使他忌恨。

以丘壇惹他發怒，以雕刻的偶像使他忌恨。

他們建造邱壇，惹祂發怒；他們豎起神像，令祂憤怒。

因他們的邱壇，惹起他的怒氣，因他們雕刻的偶像，激起他的憤恨。

他們用他們的邱壇惹了他發怒，用他們的雕像激了他的妒憤。

他們的高所惹他惱怒，他們雕刻的偶像激起他的嫉妒之心。

以崇邱激其怒、雕像攖其憤兮、

彼築崇邱、干其憤怒、彼事偶像、攖其忿懥兮、

築邱壇使天主不悅、拜偶像干犯天主盛怒、

高壇徧設。偶像是崇。輕干天怒。觸迕聖衷。

They angered him with their high places; they aroused his jealousy with their idols.

For they provoked him to anger with their high places; they moved him to jealousy with their idols.

They angered God by building shrines to other gods; they made him jealous with their idols.

They enraged him with their high places and provoked his jealousy with their carved images.

For they provoked Him with their high places And moved Him to jealousy with their carved images.

For they provoked Him to anger with their high places, And moved Him to jealousy with their carved images.

For they provoked him to anger with their high places, And moved him to jealousy with their graven images.

They enraged Him with their high places and provoked His jealousy with their carved images.

For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.

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

For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their engraved images.

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.

I will destroy the high places where you worship other gods. I will pull down your incense altars. I will pile up your dead bodies on the lifeless statues of your gods. And I will turn away from you.

There is a hill east of Jerusalem. Solomon built a high place for worshiping Chemosh there. He built a high place for worshiping Molek there too. Chemosh was the god of Moab. Molek was the god of Ammon. The Lord hated both of those gods.

Jeroboam built temples for worshiping gods on high places. He appointed all kinds of people as priests. They didn’t even have to be Levites.

You will soon drive the nations out of it. Completely destroy all the places where they worship their gods. Destroy them on the high mountains, on the hills and under every green tree.

They made him jealous by serving false gods. They made him angry by worshiping statues of gods. He hated those gods.The people sacrificed to those false gods, not to God. They hadn’t known anything about those false gods. Those gods were new to them. Their people of long ago didn’t worship them.

But the people wouldn’t listen to their leaders. They weren’t faithful to the Lord. They served other gods and worshiped them. They didn’t obey the Lord’ s commands as their people before them had done. They quickly turned away from the path their people had taken.

All who worship statues of gods or brag about them are put to shame. All you gods, worship the Lord!

You must not worship the Lord your God the way those nations worship their gods.

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

Do not worship any other god. The Lord is a jealous God. In fact, his name is Jealous.

Once again the Israelites did what was evil in the sight of the Lord. They served gods that were named Baal. They served female gods that were named Ashtoreth. They worshiped the gods of Aram and Sidon. They served the gods of Moab and Ammon. They also worshiped the gods of the Philistines. The Israelites deserted the Lord. They didn’t serve him anymore.

Make sure you don’t commit a horrible sin. Don’t make for yourselves a statue of a god. Don’t make a god that looks like a man or woman or anything else.Don’t make one that looks like any animal on earth or any bird that flies in the sky.Don’t make a statue that looks like any creature that moves along the ground or any fish that swims in the water.When you look up at the heavens, you will see the sun and moon. And you will see huge numbers of stars. Don’t let anyone tempt you to bow down to the sun, moon or stars. Don’t worship things the Lord your God has provided for all the nations on earth.Egypt was like a furnace that melts iron down and makes it pure. But the Lord took you and brought you out of Egypt. He wanted you to be his very own people. And that’s exactly what you are.The Lord was angry with me because of what you did. He promised that he would never let me go across the Jordan River. He promised that I would never enter that good land. It’s the land the Lord your God is giving you as your own.I’ll die here in this land. I won’t go across the Jordan. But you are about to cross over it. You will take that good land as your own.Be careful. Don’t forget the covenant the Lord your God made with you. Don’t make for yourselves a statue of any god at all. He has told you not to. So don’t do it.The Lord your God is like a fire that burns everything up. He wants you to worship only him.So don’t make a statue of a god. Don’t commit that horrible sin. Don’t do it even after you have had children and grandchildren. Don’t do it even after you have lived in the land a long time. If you do, that will be an evil thing in the sight of the Lord your God. You will make him angry.

“ Do not make for yourself statues of gods that look like anything in the sky. They may not look like anything on the earth or in the waters either.Do not bow down to them or worship them. I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God. 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.

Lord, how long will you be angry with us? Will it be forever? How long will your jealousy burn like fire?

The Israelites did what was evil in the sight of the Lord. They served gods that were named Baal.They deserted the Lord, the God of their people. He had brought them out of Egypt. But now the Israelites served other gods and worshiped them. They served the gods of the nations that were around them. They made the Lord angry

Listen to the cries of my people from a land far away. They cry out,“ Isn’t the Lord in Zion? Isn’t its King there anymore?” The Lord says,“ Why have they made me so angry by worshiping their wooden gods? Why have they made me angry with their worthless statues of gods from other lands?”

Drive out all those living in the land. The statues of their gods are made out of stone and metal. Destroy all those statues. And destroy all the high places where they are worshiped.

But I brought them into the land. I had promised to give the land to them. Then they offered sacrifices that made me very angry. They did it on every high hill and under every green tree. There they brought their sweet- smelling incense. And there they poured out their drink offerings.Then I said to them,‘ What is this high place you go to?’ ” ’ ” That high place is called Bamah to this day.

He reached out what appeared to be a hand. He took hold of me by the hair of my head. The Spirit of the Lord lifted me up between earth and heaven. In visions God gave me, the Spirit took me to Jerusalem. He brought me to the entrance of the north gate of the inner courtyard. The statue of a god was standing there. It made God very angry.There in front of me was the glory of the God of Israel. It looked just as it did in the vision I had seen on the plain.Then the Lord said to me,“ Son of man, look toward the north.” So I did. I saw a statue that made God angry. It was in the entrance of the gate north of the altar.

“ May anyone who makes a statue of a god and sets it up in secret be under the Lord’ s curse. That statue is made by a skilled worker. And the Lord hates it.” Then all the people will say,“ Amen!”

He had commanded Solomon not to worship other gods. But Solomon didn’t obey the Lord.

So the Lord became very angry with the Israelites. He said,“ This nation has broken my covenant. I made it with their people of long ago. But this nation has not listened to me.

Now they sin more and more. They use their silver to make statues of gods for themselves. The statues come from their own clever ideas. Skilled workers make all of them. The people pray to these gods. They offer human sacrifices to them. They kiss the gods that look like calves.