Jerusalem

2 Chronicles 28:5-7, 18
So the LORD his God delivered Ahaz into the hand of the king of Aram, who attacked him and took many captives to Damascus. Ahaz was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who struck him with great force. . . .

2 Chronicles 33:11
So the LORD brought against them the military commanders of the king of Assyria, who captured Manasseh, put a hook in his nose, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.

2 Chronicles 36:17-19
So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who put their choice young men to the sword in the sanctuary, sparing neither young men nor young women, neither elderly nor infirm. God gave them all into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar. . . .

Jeremiah 26:6, 18
then I will make this house like Shiloh, and I will make this city an object of cursing among all the nations of the earth." . . .

Lamentations 5:16, 17
The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned! . . .

Micah 3:12
Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.

because

Isaiah 5:18, 19
Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of deceit and pull sin along with cart ropes, . . .

Isaiah 57:4
Whom are you mocking? At whom do you snarl and stick out your tongue? Are you not children of transgression, offspring of deceit,

Psalm 73:8, 9
They mock and speak with malice; with arrogance they threaten oppression. . . .

Ezekiel 8:12
"Son of man, " He said to me, "do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his own idol? For they are saying, 'The LORD does not see us; the LORD has forsaken the land.'"

Ezekiel 9:9
And He said to me, "The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great. The land is full of bloodshed, and the city full of perversity. For they say, 'The LORD has forsaken the land; the LORD does not see.'

Hosea 7:16
They turn, but not to the Most High; they are like a faulty bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword for the cursing of their tongue; for this they will be ridiculed in the land of Egypt.

Malachi 3:13-15
"Your words against Me have been harsh, " says the LORD. "Yet you ask, 'What have we spoken against You?' . . .

Matthew 12:36, 37
But I tell you that men will give an account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken. . . .

Jude 1:15
to execute judgment on everyone, and to convict all the ungodly of every ungodly act of wickedness and every harsh word spoken against Him by ungodly sinners."

to provoke

Isaiah 65:3-5
to a people who continually provoke Me to My face, sacrificing in the gardens and burning incense on altars of brick, . . .

2 Chronicles 33:6, 7
He sacrificed his sons in the fire in the Valley of Hinnom. He practiced sorcery, divination, and witchcraft, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger. . . .

Ezekiel 8:4-6, 17, 18
And there I saw the glory of the God of Israel, like the vision I had seen in the plain. . . .

Habakkuk 1:13
Your eyes are too pure to look on evil, and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing. So why do You tolerate the faithless? Why are You silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?

1 Corinthians 10:22
Are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?