19But am I the one they are provoking? declares the Lord . Are they not rather harming themselves, to their own shame?


In Context

16 "So do not pray for this people nor offer any plea or petition for them; do not plead with me, for I will not listen to you.

17 Do you not see what they are doing in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?

18 The children gather wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead the dough and make cakes of bread for the Queen of Heaven. They pour out drink offerings to other gods to provoke me to anger.

19 But am I the one they are provoking? declares the Lord . Are they not rather harming themselves, to their own shame?

20 " 'Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: My anger and my wrath will be poured out on this place, on man and beast, on the trees of the field and on the fruit of the ground, and it will burn and not be quenched.

21 " 'This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Go ahead, add your burnt offerings to your other sacrifices and eat the meat yourselves!

Jeremiah 7:19 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:19Do they provoke me to anger? saith the LORD: [do they] not [provoke] themselves to the confusion of their own faces?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:19Do they provoke me to anger, saith the Lord? Is it not themselves, to the confusion of their contenance?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:19Do they provoke me to anger? saith Jehovah; do they not provoke themselves, to the confusion of their own faces?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:19Is it I whom they provoke to anger? saith Jehovah; is it not themselves, to the shame of their own face?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:19Do they provoke me to anger? saith the LORD; do they not provoke themselves, to the confusion of their own faces?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:19Do they provoke me to anger? saith the LORD: do they not provoke themselves to the confusion of their own faces?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:19Do they provoke me to anger? says Yahweh; [do they] not [provoke] themselves, to the confusion of their own faces?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:19Me are they provoking to anger? an affirmation of Jehovah, Is it not themselves, For the shame of their own faces?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:19Do they provoke me to anger? said the LORD: do they not provoke themselves to the confusion of their own faces?