14For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:
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For the LORD thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.
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.
Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?
Thou shalt have no other gods before me. …
Then 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.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 10-17)Reconciliation being made, a covenant of friendship is here settled between God and Israel. The traitors are not only pardoned, but preferred and made favourites again. Well may the assurances of this be ushered in with a behold , a word commanding attention and admiration: Behold, I make a covenant . When the covenant was broken, it was Israel that broke it; now that it comes to be renewed, it is…
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