The first question warns us not to be spiritually unfaithful, knowing that our God is a righteously jealous God. The second question is a natural continuation of the warning in the first question. The warning calls us to realize that if we make God jealous, we are making the only all-powerful sovereign of the universe jealous. We are not stronger then he, so we should not be unfaithful.
Jealousy—at first it seems out of character for God. How can jealousy ever be right? It can be right if it is without sin. We are God's and God is willing to fight for us. In my mind it is like a husband who thwarts the efforts of a man who would steal his wife. We look at jealousy and think of the distrust and unnecessary anger of an insecure husband. But jealousy is not that way when God is involved. God is perfectly secure, He simply wishes to protect that which is His—namely you. It is for your good and His glory that He is jealous for you.
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