22Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?
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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 provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger.
It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.
Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with thee? I the LORD have spoken it, and will do it.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 15-22)In this passage the apostle urges the general caution against idolatry, in the particular case of eating the heathen sacrifices as such, and out of any religious respect to the idol to whom they were sacrificed. I. He prefaces his argument with an appeal to their own reason and judgment: “ I speak to wise men, judge you what I say , 1 Cor. 10:15. You are great pretenders to wisdom, to close reason…
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