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Jeremiah 44:3

because of the evil they have done. They provoked Me to anger by continuing to burn incense and to serve other gods that neither they nor you nor your fathers ever knew.

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because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke me to anger, in that they went to burn incense, and to serve other gods, that they knew not, neither they, nor ye, nor your fathers.

KJV

Because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke me to anger, in that they went to burn incense, and to serve other gods, whom they knew not, neither they, ye, nor your fathers.

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16 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
מִפְּנֵ֣יmi.pe.Nei<from> because ofH6440 →
רָעָתָ֗םra.'a.Tamwickedness theirH7451 →
אֲשֶׁ֤ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
עָשׂוּ֙'a.Suthey didH6213 →
לְהַכְעִסֵ֔נִיle.hakh.'i.Se.nito provoke to anger meH3707 →
לָלֶ֣כֶתla.Le.khetby goingH1980 →
לְקַטֵּ֔רle.ka.Terto make smokeH6999 →
לַעֲבֹ֖דla.'a.Vodto serveH5647 →
לֵאלֹהִ֣יםle.lo.Him<to> godsH430 →
אֲחֵרִ֑ים'a.che.RimotherH312 →
אֲשֶׁר֙'a.SherwhichH834 →
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808 →
יְדָע֔וּםye.da.'Umthey had known themH3045 →
הֵ֖מָּהHe.mahtheyH1992 →
אַתֶּ֥ם'a.TemyouH859 →
וַאֲבֹתֵיכֶֽם׃va.'a.vo.tei.Khemand ancestors yourH1 →

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Deuteronomy 29:26They went and served other gods, and they worshiped gods they had not known—gods that the LORD had not given to them.Deuteronomy 13:6If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you embrace, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods” (which neither you nor your fathers have known,Deuteronomy 32:17They sacrificed to demons, not to God, to gods they had not known, to newly arrived gods, which your fathers did not fear.Nehemiah 9:33You are just in all that has befallen us, because You have acted faithfully, while we have acted wickedly.Daniel 9:5we have sinned and done wrong. We have acted wickedly and rebelled. We have turned away from Your commandments and ordinances.Jeremiah 2:17–19Have you not brought this on yourself by forsaking the LORD your God when He led you in the way?Ezekiel 8:17–18“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see this? Is it not enough for the house of Judah to commit the abominations they are practicing here, that they must also fill the land with violence and continually provoke Me to anger? Look, they are even putting the branch to their nose!Jeremiah 44:8Why are you provoking Me to anger by the work of your hands by burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you have gone to reside? As a result, you will be cut off and will become an object of cursing and reproach among all the nations of the earth.Jeremiah 22:9Then people will reply, ‘Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God and have worshiped and served other gods.’”Jeremiah 4:17–18They surround her like men guarding a field, because she has rebelled against Me,” declares the LORD.Lamentations 4:13But this was for the sins of her prophets and the guilt of her priests, who shed the blood of the righteous in her midst.Jeremiah 11:17The LORD of Hosts, who planted you, has decreed disaster against you on account of the evil that the house of Israel and the house of Judah have brought upon themselves, provoking Me to anger by burning incense to Baal.”Jeremiah 5:29Should I not punish them for these things?” declares the LORD. “Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?Jeremiah 19:3–4saying, ‘Hear the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah and residents of Jerusalem. This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I am going to bring such disaster on this place that the ears of all who hear of it will ring,Jeremiah 5:19And when the people ask, ‘For what offense has the LORD our God done all these things to us?’ You are to tell them, ‘Just as you have forsaken Me and served foreign gods in your land, so will you serve foreigners in a land that is not your own.’”Jeremiah 9:12–14Who is the man wise enough to understand this? To whom has the mouth of the LORD spoken, that he may explain it? Why is the land destroyed and scorched like a desert, so no one can pass through it?Ezekiel 9:9He replied, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great. The land is full of bloodshed, and the city is full of perversity. For they say, ‘The LORD has forsaken the land; the LORD does not see.’Jeremiah 16:11–12Then you are to answer them: ‘It is because your fathers have forsaken Me, declares the LORD, and followed other gods, and served and worshiped them. They abandoned Me and did not keep My instruction.

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The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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