King James Version
Psalms 78:58 in the King James Version says “For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 78 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.”
Psalms 78:58 · KJV
Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:
But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:
So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men;
KJV Study — Public Domain
“For they provoked him to anger”
H3707to trouble; by implication, to grieve, rage, be indignant
“and moved him to jealousy”
H7065to be (causatively, make) zealous, i.e., (in a bad sense) jealous or envious
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