Jeremiah 32 · Verse 31

Jeremiah 32:31

For this city hath been to me as a provocation of mine anger and of my fury from the day that they built it even unto this day; that I should remove it from before my face,
Jeremiah 32:31, King James Version

Jeremiah 32:31 in other translations

BSBFor this city has aroused My wrath and fury from the day it was built until now. Therefore I will remove it from My presence
WEBFor this city has been to me a provocation of my anger and of my wrath from the day that they built it even to this day, so that I should remove it from before my face,
ASVFor this city hath been to me a provocation of mine anger and of my wrath from the day that they built it even unto this day; that I should remove it from before my face,
YLT‘For a cause of Mine anger, and a cause of My fury, hath this city been to Me, even from the day that they built it, and unto this day--to turn it aside from before My face,
DARBYFor this city hath been to me a provocation of mine anger and of my fury from the day that they built it even unto this day; that I should remove it from before my face,
BBEFor this town has been to me a cause of wrath and of burning passion from the day of its building till this day, so that I put it away from before my face:
WebsterFor this city hath been to me as a provocation of my anger and of my fury from the day that they built it even to this day; that I should remove it from before my face,

What does Jeremiah 32:31 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
31. provocation of mine anger--literally, "for mine anger." Calvin, therefore, connects these words with those at the end of the verse, "this city has been to me an object for mine anger (namely, by reason of the provocations mentioned, Jr 32:30, &c.), that I should remove it," &c. Thus, there will not be the repetition of the sentiment, Jr 32:30, as in English Version; the Hebrew also favors this rendering. However, Jeremiah delights in repetitions. In English Version the words, "that I should remove it," &c., stand independently, as the result of what precedes. The time is ripe for taking vengeance on them (2Ki 23:27). from the day that they built it--Solomon completed the building of the city; and it was he who, first of the Jewish kings, turned to idolatry. It was originally built by the idolatrous Canaanites.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 32:26-44

God's answer discovers the purposes of his wrath against that generation of the Jews, and the purposes of his grace concerning future generations. It is sin, and nothing else, that ruins them. The restoration of Judah and Jerusalem is promised. This people were now at length brought to despair. But God gives hope of mercy which he had in store for them hereafter. Doubtless the promises are sure to all believers. God…

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Jeremiah 32:31 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כִּ֧יkithatH3588
עַל\־'al-onH5921
אַפִּ֣י'a.Pianger myH639
וְעַל\־ve.'al-and onH5921
חֲמָתִ֗יcha.ma.Tirage myH2534
הָ֤יְתָהHa.ye.tahit has beenH1961
לִּי֙lito <the> me
הָעִ֣ירha.'Irthe cityH5892
הַזֹּ֔אתha.Zot<the> thisH2063
לְמִן\־le.min-<to> fromH4480
הַיּוֹם֙hai.yOmthe dayH3117
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhenH834
בָּנ֣וּba.Nuthey builtH1129
אוֹתָ֔הּ'o.Tah<obj.> itH853
וְעַ֖דve.'Adand untilH5704
הַיּ֣וֹםhai.Yomthe dayH3117
הַזֶּ֑הha.Zeh<the> thisH2088
לַהֲסִירָ֖הּla.ha.si.Rahto remove itH5493
מֵעַ֥לme.'Alfrom onH5921
פָּנָֽי\׃pa.Naiface myH6440

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Cross references for Jeremiah 32:31

  • 2 Kings 23:27

    And the Lord said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and will cast off this city Jerusalem which I have chosen, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there.

  • 1 Kings 11:7-8

    Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon. And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.

  • Jeremiah 5:9-11

    Shall I not visit for these things? saith the Lord: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the Lord’s. For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith the Lord.

  • Matthew 23:37

    O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!

  • Jeremiah 27:10

    For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land; and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish.

  • 2 Kings 21:4-7

    And he built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord said, In Jerusalem will I put my name. And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord. And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger. And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the house, of which the Lord said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:

  • 2 Kings 24:3-4

    Surely at the commandment of the Lord came this upon Judah, to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did; And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the Lord would not pardon.

  • Jeremiah 6:6-7

    For thus hath the Lord of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her. As a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her wickedness: violence and spoil is heard in her; before me continually is grief and wounds.

  • 2 Kings 21:16

    Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the Lord.

  • Jeremiah 23:14-15

    I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah. Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall: for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land.

  • Luke 13:33-34

    Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow, and the day following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem. O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not!

  • 2 Kings 23:15

    Moreover the altar that was at Beth–el, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he brake down, and burned the high place, and stamped it small to powder, and burned the grove.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
this city.
5:9-11; 6:6,7; 23:14,15; 1Ki 11:7,8; 2Ki 21:4-7,16; 22:16,17
2Ki 23:15; Eze 22:2-22; Mt 23:37; Lu 13:33,34
a provocation of mine anger. Heb. for my anger. that I.
27:10; 2Ki 23:27; 24:3,4; La 1:8

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Context

  • Jeremiah 32:30

    For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have only done evil before me from their youth: for the children of Israel have only provoked me to anger with the work of their hands, saith the Lord.

  • Jeremiah 32:31

    For this city hath been to me as a provocation of mine anger and of my fury from the day that they built it even unto this day; that I should remove it from before my face,

  • Jeremiah 32:32

    Because of all the evil of the children of Israel and of the children of Judah, which they have done to provoke me to anger, they, their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets, and the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

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Jeremiah 32:31 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Por manera que para enojo mío y para ira mía me ha sido esta ciudad, desde el día que la edificaron hasta hoy, para que la haga quitar de mi presencia;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Car cette ville a été une provocation à ma colère et à ma fureur, depuis le jour où ils l’ont bâtie jusqu’à ce jour, afin que je l’ôte de devant ma face,
German
Elberfelder 1871
Denn zu meinem Zorne und zu meinem Grimme ist mir diese Stadt gewesen von dem Tage an, da man sie gebaut hat, bis auf diesen Tag, auf daß ich sie von meinem Angesicht hinwegtäte:
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Quia in furore et in indignatione mea facta est mihi civitas hæc, a die qua ædificaverunt eam usque ad diem istam qua auferetur de conspectu meo,