For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:
Parallel translations
- WEB for you shall worship no other god: for Yahweh, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.
- BSB For you must not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.
- NKJV (for you shall worship no other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God),
- NASB —for you shall not worship any other god, because the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God—
- NLT You must worship no other gods, for the Lord, whose very name is Jealous, is a God who is jealous about his relationship with you.
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Quick answer
Israel must worship no other god, for Yahweh's name is Jealous and He is a jealous God. God rightly claims the exclusive devotion of His people.
Overview
God's jealousy is His holy zeal for the undivided love of those He has redeemed, like a husband's rightful claim on his spouse. This is the heart of the first commandment and the antidote to the calf's idolatry. It reveals that God desires not mere ritual but our whole-hearted love, fully ours to give because of Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 16
- Deut 4:24For the LORD thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.
- Deut 32:21They 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.
- 1 Cor 10:22Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?
- Nah 1:2God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.
- Exod 20:3–5Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
- Matt 4:10Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
- Deut 29:20The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven.
- Deut 6:15(For the LORD thy God is a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth.
- Isa 57:15For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
- Isa 9:6For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
- Exod 34:5–7And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.
- Deut 32:16They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger.
- Josh 24:19And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the LORD: for he is an holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins.
- Deut 5:7Thou shalt have none other gods before me.
- Exod 33:19And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.
- Deut 5:24And ye said, Behold, the LORD our God hath shewed us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God doth talk with man, and he liveth.
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The Passover lamb whose blood turns away death, the exodus through the sea, the manna, the rock, and the tabernacle where God dwells with his people all foreshadow Jesus — our Passover, our redemption, the bread from heaven, and God-with-us in the flesh.
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