Lexicon :: Strong's G3947 - paroxynō

The LORD said to Moses, “How long will these people despise me? How long will they not trust in me despite all the signs I have performed among them?

“will ever see the land I swore to give their ancestors. None of those who have despised me will see it.

“But the person who acts defiantly,[fn] whether native or resident alien, blasphemes the LORD. That person is to be cut off from his people.

“But if the LORD brings about something unprecedented, and the ground opens its mouth and swallows them along with all that belongs to them so that they go down alive into Sheol, then you will know that these men have despised the LORD.”

“Aaron will be gathered to his people; he will not enter the land I have given the Israelites, because you both rebelled against my command at the Waters of Meribah.

“When the LORD heard your[fn] words, he grew angry and swore an oath:

“Remember and do not forget how you provoked the LORD your God in the wilderness. You have been rebelling against the LORD from the day you left the land of Egypt until you reached this place.

“I fell down like the first time in the presence of the LORD for forty days and forty nights; I did not eat food or drink water because of all the sin you committed, doing what was evil in the LORD’s sight and angering him.

“You continued to provoke the LORD at Taberah, Massah, and Kibroth-hattaavah.

“When I bring them into the land I swore to give their ancestors, a land flowing with milk and honey, they will eat their fill and prosper.[fn] They will turn to other gods and worship them, despising me and breaking my covenant.

They provoked his jealousy with different gods;

they enraged him with detestable practices.

When the LORD saw this, he despised them,

angered by his sons and daughters.

“when I sharpen my flashing sword,

and my hand takes hold of judgment,

I will take vengeance on my adversaries

and repay those who hate me.

“However, because you treated[fn] the LORD with such contempt in this matter, the son born to you will die.”

should we break your commands again and intermarry with the peoples who commit these detestable practices? Wouldn’t you become so angry with us that you would destroy us, leaving neither remnant nor survivor?

In all his scheming,

the wicked person arrogantly thinks,[fn]

“There’s no accountability,

since there’s no God.”

Why has the wicked person despised God?

He says to himself, “You will not demand an account.”

God, how long will the enemy mock?

Will the foe insult your name forever?

Remember this: the enemy has mocked the LORD,

and a foolish people has insulted your name.

They constantly tested God

and provoked the Holy One of Israel.

They angered the LORD with their deeds,

and a plague broke out against them.

because they rebelled against God’s commands

and despised the counsel of the Most High.

Do this, then, my son, and free yourself,

for you have put yourself in your neighbor’s power:

Go, humble yourself, and plead with your neighbor.

The one who oppresses the poor person insults his Maker,

but one who is kind to the needy honors him.

The one who mocks the poor insults his Maker,

and one who rejoices over calamity

will not go unpunished.

A king’s terrible wrath is like the roaring of a lion;

anyone who provokes him endangers himself.

Iron sharpens iron,

and one person sharpens another.[fn]

Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes straw

and as dry grass shrivels in the flame,

so their roots will become like something rotten

and their blossoms will blow away like dust,

for they have rejected

the instruction of the LORD of Armies,

and they have despised

the word of the Holy One of Israel.

Those who see you will stare at you;

they will look closely at you:

“Is this the man who caused the earth to tremble,

who shook the kingdoms,

He stretched out his hand over the sea;

he made kingdoms tremble.

The LORD has commanded

that the Canaanite fortresses be destroyed.

“Who is it you have mocked and blasphemed?

Against whom have you raised your voice

and lifted your eyes in pride?

Against the Holy One of Israel!

“I was angry with my people;

I profaned my possession,

and I handed them over to you.

You showed them no mercy;

you made your yoke very heavy on the elderly.

The sons of your oppressors

will come and bow down to you;

all who reviled you

will fall facedown at your feet.

They will call you the City of the LORD,

Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

But they rebelled

and grieved his Holy Spirit.

So he became their enemy

and fought against them.

“These people continually anger me

to my face,

sacrificing in gardens,

burning incense on bricks,

Are you a king because you excel in cedar?

Didn’t your father eat and drink

and administer justice and righteousness?

Then it went well with him.

Their Redeemer is strong;

the LORD of Armies is his name.

He will fervently champion their cause

so that he might bring rest to the earth

but turmoil to those who live in Babylon.

He has wrecked his temple[fn]

as if it were merely a shack in a field,[fn]

destroying his place of meeting.

The LORD has abolished

appointed festivals and Sabbaths in Zion.

He has despised king and priest

in his fierce anger.

Your calf-idol[fn] is rejected, Samaria.

My anger burns against them.

How long will they be incapable of innocence?

My anger burns against the shepherds,

so I will punish the leaders.[fn]

For the LORD of Armies has tended his flock,

the house of Judah;

he will make them like his majestic steed in battle.

You have wearied the LORD with your words.

Yet you ask, “How have we wearied him? ”

When you say, “Everyone who does what is evil is good in the LORD’s sight, and he is delighted with them, or else where is the God of justice? ”