21 (A)They have made Me jealous with what is not God;
They have provoked Me to anger with their [a](B)idols.
(C)So I will make them jealous with those who are not a people;
I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation,

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  1. Deuteronomy 32:21 Lit nonexistent things

21 They made me jealous(A) by what is no god
    and angered me with their worthless idols.(B)
I will make them envious by those who are not a people;
    I will make them angry by a nation that has no understanding.(C)

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21 Indeed, you must not turn aside, for then you would go after (A)useless things which cannot benefit or save, because they are useless.

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21 Do not turn away after useless(A) idols.(B) They can do you no good, nor can they rescue you, because they are useless.

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19 Behold, listen! The cry of the daughter of my people from a (A)distant land:
“Is the Lord not in Zion? Is her King not within her?”
“Why have they (B)provoked Me with their carved images, with foreign [a](C)idols?”

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  1. Jeremiah 8:19 Lit futilities

19 Listen to the cry of my people
    from a land far away:(A)
“Is the Lord not in Zion?
    Is her King(B) no longer there?”

“Why have they aroused(C) my anger with their images,
    with their worthless(D) foreign idols?”(E)

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22 Are there any among the [a](A)idols of the nations who (B)give rain?
Or can the heavens grant showers?
Is it not You, Lord our God?
Therefore we (C)wait for You,
For You are the one who has done all these things.

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  1. Jeremiah 14:22 Lit futilities

22 Do any of the worthless idols(A) of the nations bring rain?(B)
    Do the skies themselves send down showers?
No, it is you, Lord our God.
    Therefore our hope is in you,
    for you are the one who does all this.(C)

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Therefore, concerning the eating of (A)food sacrificed to idols, we know that an (B)idol is [a]nothing at all in the world, and that (C)there is no God but one.

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  1. 1 Corinthians 8:4 I.e., what it represents does not exist

So then, about eating food sacrificed to idols:(A) We know that “An idol is nothing at all in the world”(B) and that “There is no God but one.”(C)

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