Jeremiah 7:19 - Forerunner Commentary

Jeremiah 7:19

17 Do you not see what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?

18 ^aThe children gather wood, the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead dough, to make cakes for the queen of heaven; and they ^bpour out drink offerings to other gods, that they may provoke Me to anger.

19 ^aDo they provoke Me to anger?” says the Lord. “Do they not provoke themselves, to the shame of their own faces?”

20 Therefore thus says the Lord God: “Behold, My anger and My fury will be poured out on this place—on man and on beast, on the trees of the field and on the fruit of the ground. And it will burn and not be quenched.”

21 Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: ^a“Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices and eat meat.

22 ^aFor I did not speak to your fathers, or command them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices.

Verse Comparison: Jeremiah 7:19

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

Amplified® Bible
Am I the One Whom they provoke to anger? says the Lord. Is it not themselves [whom they provoke], to their own confusion {and} vexation {and} to their own shame?

Contemporary English Version
But they are not only insulting me; they are also insulting themselves by doing these shameful things.

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

Good News Bible
But am I really the one they are hurting? No, they are hurting themselves and bringing shame on themselves.

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

New American Standard Bible
"Do they spite Me? declares the LORD. "Is it not themselves {they spite,} to their own shame?""

New International Version
But am I the one they are provoking? declares the LORD. Are they not rather harming themselves, to their own shame?

New King James Version
Do they provoke Me to anger?” says the LORD. “Do they not provoke themselves, to the shame of their own faces?”

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
" Do they spite Me?" declares the LORD "Do they not spite themselves to their own shame?"

Revised Standard Version
Is it I whom they provoke? says the LORD. Is it not themselves, to their own confusion?

Young's Literal Translation
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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