Jeremiah 7:19
What does Jeremiah 7:19 mean?
A plain-English look at Jeremiah 7:19 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Do they provoke me to anger? saith Jehovah; do they not provoke themselves, to the confusion of their own faces?
KJV
King James Version · 1611Do they provoke me to anger? saith the Lord: do they not provoke themselves to the confusion of their own faces?
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Do they provoke me to anger? saith Jehovah; do they not provoke themselves, to the confusion of their own faces?
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Are they moving me to wrath? says the Lord; are they not moving themselves to their shame?
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Me are they provoking to anger? an affirmation of Jehovah, Is it not themselves, For the shame of their own faces?
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Do they provoke me to anger, saith the Lord? is it not themselves, to the confusion of their own countenance?
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Is it I whom they provoke to anger? saith Jehovah; is it not themselves, to the shame of their own face?
Context
v.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 pour out drink-offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.
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v.20Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, mine anger and my wrath 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.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Jeremiah 2:17
Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken Jehovah thy God, when he led thee by the way?
- Ezra 9:7
Since 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 plunder, and to confusion of face, as it is this day.
- Isaiah 1:24
Therefore saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies;
- Job 35:6
If thou hast sinned, what effectest thou against him? And if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?
- 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 a bitter, that thou hast forsaken Jehovah thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.
- Jeremiah 9:19
For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we ruined! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because they have cast down our dwellings.
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