Jeremiah 7:19
Do they provoke Me? saith the LORD; do they not provoke themselves, to the confusion of their own faces?
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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Deuteronomy 32:16They roused Him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations did they provoke Him.
Ezra 9:7Since the days of our fathers we have been exceeding guilty 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 spoiling, and to confusion of face, as it is this day.
Isaiah 1:20But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword; for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken.
Isaiah 45:16They shall be ashamed, yea, confounded, all of them; they shall go in confusion together that are makers of idols.
Jeremiah 2:19Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil and a bitter thing, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, neither is My fear in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
Jeremiah 9:19(9-18) For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion: 'How are we undone! We are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because our dwellings have cast us out.'
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 7:17-21
Punishment Predicted. ( b. c. 606.) 16 Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me: for I will not hear thee. 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. 19 Do they provoke me to anger?… Read the whole commentary →