VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)
“Because the LORD is jealous for his reputation, you are never to bow down to another god. He is a jealous God.” (Exodus 34:14)
Let it be remembered, then, that jealousy, like anger, is not evil in itself, or it could never be ascribed to God. His jealousy is ever a pure and holy flame. The passion of jealousy possesses an intense force. It fires the whole nature; its coals are juniper, which have a most vehement flame. Not that God is jealous so as to bring him down to human likeness but that this is the nearest idea we can form of what the divine being feels. If it is right to use even that word toward him—when he beholds his throne occupied by false gods, his dignity insulted, and his glory usurped by others—we cannot speak of God except by using figures drawn from his works, or our own emotions.