Judah’s Idolatry Persists
Jeremiah 7:19
In 11 translations
- BSB
- But am I the One they are provoking? declares the LORD. Is it not themselves they spite, to their own shame?
- KJV
- Do they provoke me to anger? saith the LORD: do they not provoke themselves to the confusion of their own faces?
- WEB
- Do they provoke me to anger?” says Yahweh. “Don’t they provoke themselves, to the confusion of their own faces?”
- ASV
- Do they provoke me to anger? saith Jehovah; do they not provoke themselves, to the confusion of their own faces?
- LSV
- Are they provoking Me to anger?” A declaration of YHWH, “Is it not themselves, || For the shame of their own faces?”
- YLT
- Me are they provoking to anger? an affirmation of Jehovah, Is it not themselves, For the shame of their own faces?
- DBY
- Is it I whom they provoke to anger? saith Jehovah; is it not themselves, to the shame of their own face?
- DRC
- Do they provoke me to anger, saith the Lord? Is it not themselves, to the confusion of their contenance?
- GNV
- Doe they prouoke me to anger, sayeth the Lord, and not themselues to the confusion of their owne faces?
- JPS
- Do they provoke Me? saith the LORD; do they not provoke themselves, to the confusion of their own faces?
- LXXE
- Do they provoke me to anger? saith the Lord: do they not provoke themselves, that their faces may be ashamed?
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- הַאֹתִ֛י הֵ֥ם מַכְעִסִ֖ים נְאֻם־יְהוָ֑ה הֲל֣וֹא אֹתָ֔ם לְמַ֖עַן בֹּ֥שֶׁת פְּנֵיהֶֽם׃
- LXX-Br
- Μὴ ἐμὲ αὐτοὶ παροργίζουσι; λέγει Κύριος· οὐχὶ ἑαυτοὺς, ὅπως καταισχυνθῇ τὰ πρόσωπα αὐτῶν;
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
Condescension of GodCovenant, the NewWrath, (Anger)ImpenitenceAnger of God, TheJeremiah (2)BackslidersIsrael, Prophecies concerningSinIdolatry
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Cross-references most cited first
- 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…
- 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 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…
- 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.
- 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…
- 1 Corinthians 10:22Are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?
- Job 35:6If you sin, what do you accomplish against Him? If you multiply your transgressions, what do you do to Him?
- Isaiah 1:20But if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
- 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…
- Isaiah 45:16They will all be put to shame and humiliated; the makers of idols will depart together in disgrace.
- 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…
- Deuteronomy 32:16They provoked His jealousy with foreign gods; they enraged Him with abominations.
- 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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