As i read the Bible, i have a hard time buying the narrative that God is all knowing. He just gets way too angry. [Spirituality & Religion]

Thinking specifically of Isaiah and Jeremiah, God is so, so pissed that the people are worshipping idols and not obeying the law of their ancestors.
Like my anger will burn like a fire forever, i will have your enemies strip and rape you, your bodies will be like piles of manure on the ground etc etc.

Would someone really be (or reasonably be) that angry about something they knew from the very beginning was coming?
Seems crazy to me.

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This won't be a satisfying answer, but my interpretation is that these accounts are ways of explaining the tide of history, the rises and declines of a society. Whenever Israel was attacked or their society was on the wane, it had to be explained as a failing of the people to properly obey God, especially the sin of worshiping false gods. Enemies attacked because God allowed it to happen due to the wickedness of the people. This was how the ancient Israelites rationalized the misfortunes that befell them.

I think otherwise we're becoming too bogged down in the mechanics of omniscience.

It's also an interesting contrast with how God is portrayed in the NT.