On hearing it, God was furious and rejected Israel completely.
Parallel translations
- WEB When God heard this, he was angry, and greatly abhorred Israel;
- KJV When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:
- NKJV When God heard this, He was furious, And greatly abhorred Israel,
- NASB When God heard them, He was filled with wrath And He utterly rejected Israel;
- NLT When God heard them, he was very angry, and he completely rejected Israel.
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Quick answer
When God heard their idolatry He was angry and rejected Israel. Persistent sin brought His severe displeasure.
Overview
God 'heard' their rebellion and 'greatly abhorred Israel,' a strong expression of holy displeasure. His response sets up the historical judgment that follows. This shows the gravity of covenant unfaithfulness, even as later verses reveal God's ultimate purpose of mercy through chosen David and Zion.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Ps 106:40So the anger of the LORD burned against His people, and He abhorred His own inheritance.
- Lam 2:7The Lord has rejected His altar; He has abandoned His sanctuary; He has delivered the walls of her palaces into the hand of the enemy. They have raised a shout in the house of the LORD as on the day of an appointed feast.
- Deut 32:19When the LORD saw this, He rejected them, provoked to anger by His sons and daughters.
- Lev 20:23You must not follow the statutes of the nations I am driving out before you. Because they did all these things, I abhorred them.
- Ps 11:4The LORD is in His holy temple; the LORD is on His heavenly throne. His eyes are watching closely; they examine the sons of men.
- Ps 14:2–5The LORD looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God.
- Zech 11:8And in one month I dismissed three shepherds. My soul grew impatient with the flock, and their souls also detested me.
- Gen 18:20–21Then the LORD said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great. Because their sin is so grievous,
- Lev 26:44Yet in spite of this, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject or despise them so as to destroy them and break My covenant with them; for I am the LORD their God.
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