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Jeremiah 7:19

Do they provoke me to anger? saith the LORD: do they not provoke themselves to the confusion of their own faces?
Jeremiah 7:19 · King James Version

In other versions

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

    ASV

  • Are they moving me to wrath? says the Lord; are they not moving themselves to their shame?

    BBE

  • Is it I whom they provoke to anger? saith Jehovah; is it not themselves, to the shame of their own face?

    DBY

  • Do they provoke me to anger? says Yahweh; [do they] not [provoke] themselves, to the confusion of their own faces?

    WEB

  • Me are they provoking to anger? an affirmation of Jehovah, Is it not themselves, For the shame of their own faces?

    YLT

  • Do they provoke me to anger? says the LORD: do they not provoke themselves to the confusion of their own faces?

    ENG

  • Do they provoke me to anger? saith the LORD: do they not provoke themselves to the confusion of their own faces?

    WBT

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

    BSB

In context

17Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?

18The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.

19Do they provoke me to anger? saith the LORD: do they not provoke themselves to the confusion of their own faces?

20Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, mine anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.

21Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Put your burnt offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh.

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