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 in other translations
| BSB | 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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| WEB | Do they provoke me to anger?” says the LORD. “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? |
| YLT | Me are they provoking to anger? an affirmation of Jehovah, Is it not themselves, For the shame of their own faces? |
| DARBY | Is it I whom they provoke to anger? saith Jehovah; is it not themselves, to the shame of their own face? |
| BBE | Are they moving me to wrath? says the Lord; are they not moving themselves to their shame? |
| Webster | Do they provoke me to anger? saith the LORD: do they not provoke themselves to the confusion of their own faces? |
What does Jeremiah 7:19 mean?
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 7:17-20
The Jews took pride in showing zeal for their idols. Let us learn to be earnest in the service of our God, even from this bad example. Let us think it an honour to be employed in any work for God. Let us be as diligent ourselves, and as careful to teach our children the truths of God, as many are to teach the mysteries of iniquity. The direct tendency of this sin is malice against God, but it will hurt themselves…
Jeremiah 7:19 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Jeremiah 7:19
- Jeremiah 9:19
For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we spoiled! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because our dwellings have cast us out.
- Jeremiah 2:19
Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord God of hosts.
- 1 Corinthians 10:22
Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?
- Daniel 9:7-8
O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee. O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee.
- Jeremiah 20:11
But the Lord is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten.
- Ezekiel 8:17-18
Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose. Therefore will I also deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them.
- Job 35:6
If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?
- Isaiah 1:24
Therefore saith the Lord, the Lord of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies:
- Isaiah 1:20
But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
- Deuteronomy 32:21-22
They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation. For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.
- Deuteronomy 32:16
They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger.
- Ezra 9:7
Since the days of our fathers have we been in a great trespass unto this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to a spoil, and to confusion of face, as it is this day.
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Context
- Jeremiah 7:18
The 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.
- 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 7:20
Therefore 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.
Jeremiah 7:19 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | ¿Provocaránme ellos á ira, dice Jehová, y no más bien obran ellos mismos para confusión de sus rostros? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Est-ce moi qu’ils provoquent à colère? dit l’ Éternel. N’est-ce pas eux-mêmes, à la honte de leur visage? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Kränken sie mich, spricht Jehova, nicht vielmehr sich selbst zur Beschämung ihres Angesichts? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Numquid me ad iracundiam provocant? dicit Dominus; nonne semetipsos in confusionem vultus sui? |