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Deuteronomy 4:24

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24 For 1the LORD your God is a consuming fire, 2a jealous God.
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Deuteronomy 4:24 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 4:24

For the Lord thy God is a consuming fire
To his enemies; his wrath is like fire to burn up and destroy all that oppose him and break his commands, and especially idolaters; whose sin of all others is the most provoking to him, since it strikes at his being, his honour and glory; wherefore it follows,

even a jealous God;
who is jealous of his honour in matters of worship, and will not suffer his glory to be given to another, nor his praise to graven images, without resenting it or punishing for it.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Deuteronomy 4:24 In-Context

22 For I must die in this land; I must not go over the Jordan. But you shall go over and take possession of that good land.
23 Take care, lest you forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which he made with you, and make a carved image, the form of anything that the LORD your God has forbidden you.
24 For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.
25 "When you father children and children's children, and have grown old in the land, if you act corruptly by making a carved image in the form of anything, and by doing what is evil in the sight of the LORD your God, so as to provoke him to anger,
26 I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that you will soon utterly perish from the land that you are going over the Jordan to possess. You will not live long in it, but will be utterly destroyed.

Cross References 2

  • 1. Exodus 24:17; Cited Hebrews 12:29; [Deuteronomy 9:3; Isaiah 10:16-18; Isaiah 29:6; Isaiah 30:27, 30; Zephaniah 1:18]
  • 2. [Isaiah 42:8]; See Exodus 20:5
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