KJV ORIGINAL
In that ye provoke me unto wrath with the works of your hands, burning incense unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye be gone to dwell, that ye might cut yourselves off, and that ye might be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
Why are you making me this angry by what you're doing with your own hands — burning incense to other gods here in Egypt where you've come to live? You're basically cutting yourselves off from me and turning yourselves into something the whole world will curse and look down on.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
Your choices have consequences, and right now you're choosing to destroy your own future.
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