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Jeremía 7:19
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
they provoke: Jeremiah 2:17, Jeremiah 2:19, Deuteronomy 32:16, Deuteronomy 32:21, Deuteronomy 32:22, Isaiah 1:20, Isaiah 1:24, Ezekiel 8:17, Ezekiel 8:18, 1 Corinthians 10:22
the confusion: Jeremiah 20:11, Ezra 9:7, Isaiah 45:16, Daniel 9:7, Daniel 9:8
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 23:19 - to provoke the Lord Job 35:6 - General Isaiah 1:4 - provoked Isaiah 65:7 - therefore Jeremiah 25:7 - that ye Jeremiah 44:7 - against
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Do they provoke me to anger? saith the Lord,.... No: he cannot be provoked to anger as men are; anger does not fall upon him as it does on men; there is no such affection in God as there is in men; his Spirit cannot be irritated and provoked in the manner that the spirits of men may be; and though sin, and particularly idolatry, is disagreeable to him, contrary to his nature, and repugnant to his will; yet the damage arising from it is more to men themselves than to him; and though he sometimes does things which are like to what are done by men when they are angry, yet in reality there is no such perturbation in God as there is in men:
do they not provoke themselves to the confusion of their own faces? the greatest hurt that is done is done to themselves; they are the sufferers in the end; they bring ruin and destruction upon themselves; and therefore have great reason to be angry with themselves, since what they do issues in their own shame and confusion. The Targum is,
"do they think that they provoke me? saith the Lord; is it not for evil to themselves, that they may be confounded in their works?''
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Do they not provoke ... - literally, Is it not themselves (“that they provoke”) to the shame of their faces?