A jealous and avenging God is the LORD; the LORD is avenging and wrathful. The LORD takes vengeance on His adversaries, and He reserves wrath for His enemies. Nahum 1:2 NASB Avenging – Liberal theologians and atheists point to verses like this to draw a hard distinction between the God of the Old Testament and…
You shall not worship them or serve them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me, Exodus 20:5 NASB Exodus in Revelation – paqad, the Hebrew word for “visiting,” has always given…
for you shall not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God Exodus 34:14 NASB Jealous – Out of all the names of God given in the Tanakh, this one is perhaps among the least understood. YHVH, God – His name is Jealous. That word carries with it…
For I was envious of the arrogant as I saw the prosperity of the wicked. Psalm 73:3 NASB Envious – All of the major English translations use the word “envious” for the Hebrew qanah. But this is strange. The word qanah can mean envious but it is most often translated “jealous.” Even the LXX uses…
“for I, YHWH eloheikha, am a jealous God.” Exodus 20:5 His Other Name Jealous – The Hebrew word qanna is exclusively God’s word. This adjective is never applied to any person. It is only used to describe God. In fact, in Exodus 34:14, this word is part of God’s name (“the Lord whose name is…
