Jeremiah 7:19

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Summary

Jeremiah 7:19

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

They provoke

1 Corinthians 10:22

The confusion

General references

Job 35:6

Bible References

They provoke

Have you not brought this on yourself, in that you have forsaken Jehovah your God, when He led you by the way?

They provoked Him to jealousy with strange gods; with abominations they provoked Him to anger.

but if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured with the sword; for the mouth of Jehovah has spoken.

And He said to me, Have you seen, O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they do the hateful things which they do here? For they have filled the land with violence and have turned to provoke Me to anger. And lo, they put the branch to their nose.

Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?

The confusion

But Jehovah is with me like a mighty, awesome one. Therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not overcome me. They shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not be blessed. Their everlasting shame shall never be forgotten.

Since the days of our fathers we have been in a great sin until this day. And for our iniquities we, our kings, our priests, have been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to a spoil, and to shame of face, as it is this day.

They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them; they who are makers of idols shall go into disgrace together.

O Lord, righteousness belongs to You, but to us the shame of our faces, as it is today to the men of Judah and to the people of Jerusalem, and to all Israel who are near and who are afar off, through all the countries where You have driven them because of their sin which they have sinned against You.

General references

If you sin, what do you do against Him? Or if your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to Him?