Human’s And God’s Jealousy

Jealousy is one of the strongest feelings and individual may feel. When you are under its effect you are mad, sad and frustrated. Although a weak and manageable one (very difficult kind of jealousy to experience) may be a positive feeling. When you desire something which another person has, you are challenged and motivated to acquire it. My grandfather always told me “if you want something, work hard for it, and I promise you will achieve your goal” although my grandfather was “paisa”, (which firmly believe that by working hard they will achieve whatever they want; and that’s probably why Antioquia is the richest and most productive region of Colombia) he was giving me a very important message for life.
God experienced this feeling, he felt jealous of the amount of worshipers that admire false idols, "Thou shalt not bow thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me." (Ex. 20.5) I interpret gods “jealousy” as a feeling of protection of humans. He isn’t actually “jealous” of other idols (that don’t exist) but worried that people believe in them. They are ignorant of the holy power, one whose followers are safe and prosperous, thanks to the LORDS protection.