Jeremiah 7:19

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

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.

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

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.

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

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

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 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?
DARBY: Is it I whom they provoke to anger? saith Jehovah; is it not themselves, to the shame of their own face?
BLB: Do they provoke Me to anger? A declaration of YHWH. Is it not themselves, to the shame of their own faces?

ÅB: Mon det er meg de volder sorg, sier Herren, mon ikke seg selv, så deres ansikter skal rødme av skam?
OTB: Er det Meg de provoserer?" erklærer Herren. "Er det ikke seg selv, til deres egen skam?"
B1930: Mon det er mig de volder sorg, sier Herren, mon ikke sig selv, så deres ansikter skal rødme av skam?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

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.
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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.
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1 Corinthians 10:22
Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Job 35:6
If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?
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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:
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