Jeremiah 7:19
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Do they provoke me to anger, saith the Lord? is it not themselves, to the confusion of their own countenance?

they provoke.

Jeremiah 2:17,19 Hath not this been done to thee, because thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God at that time, when he led thee by the way? . . .

Deuteronomy 32:16,21,22 They provoked him by strange gods, and stirred him up to anger, with their abominations. . . .

Isaiah 1:20,24 But if you will not, and will provoke me to wrath: the sword shall devour you because the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it. . . .

Ezekiel 8:17,18 And he said to me: Surely thou hast seen, O son of man: is this a light thing to the house of Juda, that they should commit these abominations which they have committed here: because they have filled the land with iniquity, and have turned to provoke me to anger? and behold they put a branch to their nose. . . .

1 Corinthians 10:22 Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he? All things are lawful for me: but all things are not expedient.

the confusion.

Jeremiah 20:11 But the Lord is with me as a strong warrior: therefore they that persecute me shall fall, and shall be weak: they shall be greatly confounded, because they have not understood the everlasting reproach, which never shall be effaced.

Ezra 9:7 From the days of our fathers: and we ourselves also have sinned grievously unto this day, and for our iniquities we and our kings, and our priests have been delivered into the hands of the kings of the lands, and to the sword, and to captivity, and to spoil, and to confusion of face, as it is at this day.

Isaiah 45:16 They are all confounded and ashamed: the forgers of errors are gone together into confusion.

Daniel 9:7,8 To thee, O Lord, justice: but to us confusion of face, as at this day to the men of Juda, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, to them that are near, and to them that are far off, in all the countries whither thou hast driven them, for their iniquities, by which they have sinned against thee. . . .

Context
Judah's Idolatry Persists
18The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead the dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to offer libations to strange gods, and to provoke me to anger. 19Do they provoke me to anger, saith the Lord? is it not themselves, to the confusion of their own countenance?20Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Behold my wrath and my indignation is enkindled against this place, upon men and upon beasts, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruits of the land, and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.…
Cross References
1 Corinthians 10:22
Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he? All things are lawful for me: but all things are not expedient.

Job 35:6
If thou sin, what shalt thou hurt him? and if thy iniquities be multiplied, what shalt thou do against him?

Jeremiah 8:19
Behold the voice of the daughter of my people from a far country: Is not the Lord in Sion, or is not her king in her? why then have they provoked me to wrath with their idols, and strange vanities?

Jeremiah 9:19
For a voice of wailing is heard out of Sion: How are we wasted and greatly confounded? because we have left the land, because our dwellings are cast down.

Jeremiah 15:9
She that hath borne seven is become weak, her soul hath fainted away: her sun is gone down, while it was yet day: she is confounded, and ashamed: and the residue of them I will give up to the sword in the sight of their enemies, saith the Lord.

Jeremiah 22:22
The wind shall feed all thy pastors, and thy lovers shall go into captivity and then shalt thou be confounded, and ashamed of all thy wickedness.

Jeremiah 25:7
And you have not heard me, saith the Lord, that you might provoke me to anger with the works of your hands, to your own hurt.

Jeremiah 44:3
Because of the wickedness which they have committed, to provoke me to wrath, and to go and offer sacrifice, and worship other gods, which neither they, nor you, nor your fathers knew.

Ezekiel 8:17
And he said to me: Surely thou hast seen, O son of man: is this a light thing to the house of Juda, that they should commit these abominations which they have committed here: because they have filled the land with iniquity, and have turned to provoke me to anger? and behold they put a branch to their nose.

Ezekiel 16:26
And thou hast committed fornication with the Egyptians thy neighbours, men of large bodies, and hast multiplied thy fornications to provoke me.

Lexicon
But am I the one
הֵ֥ם (hêm)
Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1992: They

they are provoking?
מַכְעִסִ֖ים (maḵ·‘i·sîm)
Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3707: To trouble, to grieve, rage, be indignant

declares
נְאֻם־ (nə·’um-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 5002: An oracle

the LORD.
יְהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

Is it not
הֲל֣וֹא (hă·lō·w)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

themselves
אֹתָ֔ם (’ō·ṯām)
Direct object marker | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

they spite,
לְמַ֖עַן (lə·ma·‘an)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 4616: Purpose -- intent

to their own shame?
בֹּ֥שֶׁת (bō·šeṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1322: Shame, shameful thing


Additional Translations
But am I the one they are provoking? declares the LORD. Is it not themselves they spite, to their own shame?Do they provoke me to anger? said the LORD: do they not provoke themselves to the confusion of their own faces?

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

Do they provoke me to anger? saith the Lord: do they not provoke themselves, that their faces may be ashamed?

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

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

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

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

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