Deu 32:21 | MHM | STEP | v. 21 : Israel made God angry by worshiping worthless idols that were not real gods ( v. 21 ). Their idols were just inventions of their own minds and had no power. By doing this, they committed two great evils: they left the one true God, and they chose useless things instead (Jeremiah 2:13 ). Therefore, God would punish them by sending against them weak and unimportant enemies, people who did not deserve to be called a nation. This would be a great shame for Israel, who had been famous for defeating strong nations, but now would be ruled by the weakest. God sometimes uses the least powerful to punish those who insult Him. This happened in the time of the judges when Israel was oppressed even by the Canaanites, whom they had once defeated (Judges 4:2 ). In the New Testament, Paul applies this to the Gentiles, who were once far from God but were brought into His church, which made the Jews jealous (Romans 10:19 ).

‏ Deuteronomy 32:21

v. 21: Israel made God angry by worshiping worthless idols that were not real gods (v. 21 ^a). Their idols were just inventions of their own minds and had no power. By doing this, they committed two great evils: they left the one true God, and they chose useless things instead (Jeremiah 2:13 ^b). Therefore, God would punish them by sending against them weak and unimportant enemies, people who did not deserve to be called a nation. This would be a great shame for Israel, who had been famous for defeating strong nations, but now would be ruled by the weakest. God sometimes uses the least powerful to punish those who insult Him. This happened in the time of the judges when Israel was oppressed even by the Canaanites, whom they had once defeated (Judges 4:2 ^c). In the New Testament, Paul applies this to the Gentiles, who were once far from God but were brought into His church, which made the Jews jealous (Romans 10:19 ^d).