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Jeremiah 7:19

But am I the One they are provoking? declares the LORD. Is it not themselves they spite, to their own shame?

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ASV

Do they provoke me to anger? saith Jehovah; do they not provoke themselves, to the confusion of their own faces?

KJV

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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10 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
הַאֹתִ֛יha.'o.Ti¿ <obj.> meH853 →
הֵ֥םhem[are] theyH1992 →
מַכְעִסִ֖יםmakh.'i.SimprovokingH3707 →
נְאֻם־ne.'um-[the] utterance ofH5002 →
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
הֲל֣וֹאha.Lo'¿ notH3808 →
אֹתָ֔ם'o.Tam<obj.> themselvesH853 →
לְמַ֖עַןle.Ma.'anfor [the] sake ofH4616 →
בֹּ֥שֶׁתBo.shet[the] shame ofH1322 →
פְּנֵיהֶֽם׃ סpe.nei.Hemfaces theirH6440 →

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Jeremiah 20:11But the LORD is with me like a fearsome warrior. Therefore, my persecutors will stumble and will not prevail. Since they have not succeeded, they will be utterly put to shame, with an everlasting disgrace that will never be forgotten.1 Corinthians 10:22Are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?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!Daniel 9:7–8To You, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but this day we are covered with shame—the men of Judah, the people of Jerusalem, and all Israel near and far, in all the countries to which You have driven us because of our unfaithfulness to You.Jeremiah 9:19For the sound of wailing is heard from Zion: ‘How devastated we are! How great is our shame! For we have abandoned the land because our dwellings have been torn down.’”Jeremiah 2:19Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Consider and realize how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear of Me,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.Job 35:6If you sin, what do you accomplish against Him? If you multiply your transgressions, what do you do to Him?Isaiah 1:4Alas, O sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children of depravity! They have forsaken the LORD; they have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on Him.Jeremiah 44:7So now, this is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Why are you doing such great harm to yourselves by cutting off from Judah man and woman, child and infant, leaving yourselves without a remnant?Deuteronomy 32:16They provoked His jealousy with foreign gods; they enraged Him with abominations.Deuteronomy 32:21–22They have provoked My jealousy by that which is not God; they have enraged Me with their worthless idols. So I will make them jealous by those who are not a people; I will make them angry by a nation without understanding.Isaiah 45:16They will all be put to shame and humiliated; the makers of idols will depart together in disgrace.Isaiah 1:20But if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.Isaiah 1:24Therefore the Lord GOD of Hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, declares: “Ah, I will be relieved of My foes and avenge Myself on My enemies.Ezra 9:7From the days of our fathers to this day, our guilt has been great. Because of our iniquities, we and our kings and priests have been delivered into the hands of the kings of the earth and put to the sword and captivity, to pillage and humiliation, as we are this day.Jeremiah 44:3because 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.Jeremiah 2:17Have you not brought this on yourself by forsaking the LORD your God when He led you in the way?

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