Do they provoke me to anger? saith the Lord: do they not provoke themselves to the confusion of their own faces?
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsIs it I whom they provoke to anger? saith Jehovah; is it not themselves, to the shame of their own face?
Do they provoke me to anger? saith Jehovah; do they not provoke themselves, to the confusion of their own faces?
But am I the One they are provoking? declares the LORD. Is it not themselves they spite, to their own shame?
Me are they provoking to anger? an affirmation of Jehovah, Is it not themselves, For the shame of their own faces?
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentJeremiah — The weeping prophet of Judah's final generation — 627 BC call under Josiah to the 586 BC fall of Jerusalem and into Egyptian exile. Fifty-two chapters of lament, confrontation, and covenant promise, with the New Covenant glimpsed at the book's theological apex.
- Author
- Jeremiah, son of Hilkiah, of the priestly family of Anathoth (1:1); Baruch the scribe assisted with dictation (36:4, 45:1)
- Date
- Ministry c. 627–580 BC; book compiled during and after the 586 BC exile