Jeremiah 7:19 - Easy To Read Version But I am not the one the people of Judah are really hurting.” This message is from the Lord. “They are only hurting themselves. They are bringing shame on themselves.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Do they provoke me to anger? saith the LORD: do they not provoke themselves to the confusion of their own faces? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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? American Standard Version (1901) Do they provoke me to anger? saith Jehovah; do they not provoke themselves, to the confusion of their own faces? Common English Bible But am I the one they are really offending? declares the LORD. Aren’t they in fact humiliating themselves? Catholic Public Domain Version But are they provoking me to anger, says the Lord? Are they not provoking themselves, to the confusion of their own faces?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Do they provoke me to anger, saith the Lord? Is it not themselves, to the confusion of their countenance? |
We have been guilty of many, many sins from the days of our ancestors until now. We sinned so our kings and priests were punished. Foreign kings attacked us and took our people away. Those kings took away our wealth and made us ashamed. It is the same even today.
Job, if you sin,\par it does not hurt God.\par If you have many sins,\par that does nothing to God.\par
But if you refuse to listen, you are against me. And your enemies will destroy you.”
Because of all these things, the Master, the Lord All-Powerful, the Mighty One of Israel, says, “I will punish you, my enemies. You will not cause me any more trouble.
Many people make false gods.\par But those people will be disappointed.\par All of those people will go away ashamed.\par
The enemy will attack with swords\par and kill the people.\par They will kill the survivors {\cf2\super [129]} from Judah.\par A woman might have seven sons,\par \{but they will all die.\}\par She will cry and cry\par until she becomes weak\par and not able to breathe.\par She will be upset and confused.\par Her bright day will become dark from sadness.”\par
This trouble is your own fault!\par The Lord your God\par was leading you the right way, {\cf2\super [10]} \par but you turned away from him.\par
You did bad things,\par and those bad things will only\par bring punishment to you.\par Trouble will come to you.\par And that trouble will teach you a lesson.\par Think about it!\par Then you will understand how bad it is\par to turn away from your God.\par It is wrong not to fear and respect me!”\par This message was from my Master,\par the Lord All-Powerful.\par
But the Lord is with me.\par The Lord is like a strong soldier.\par So the people that are chasing me will fall.\par Those people will not defeat me.\par Those people will fail.\par They will be disappointed.\par Those people will be ashamed.\par And people will never forget that shame.\par
Judah, the punishment I give\par will come like a storm.\par And it will blow all your shepherds away.\par You thought some of the other nations\par would help you.\par But those nations will also be defeated.\par Then you will really be disappointed.\par You will be ashamed of all the bad things\par that you did.\par
“But you did not listen to me.” This message is from the Lord. “You worshiped idols that some person made. And that made me angry. And that only hurt you.”
Let us lie down in our shame.\par Let our shame cover us like a blanket.\par We have sinned against the Lord our God.\par We and our fathers have sinned.\par We have not obeyed the Lord our God\par
Those places were destroyed because the people living in them did evil things. Those people gave sacrifices to other gods — and that made me angry! Your people and your ancestors {\cf2\super [353]} did not worship those gods in the past.
Listen to my people.\par Everywhere in this country\par people are crying for help.\par They say,\par “Is the Lord still at Zion {\cf2\super [74]} ?\par Is Zion’s King still there?”\par
“The sound of loud crying\par is heard from Zion {\cf2\super [77]} :\par ‘We are truly ruined!\par We are truly ashamed!\par We must leave our land,\par because our houses have been destroyed.\par Now our houses are only piles of rock.’”\par
Then you went to Egypt, your neighbor with the big sex organ. You had sex with him many times to make me angry.
Doing that would make the Lord jealous {\cf2\super [75]} ! And we don’t want to do that, do we? No, because he is much stronger than we are.
The Lord’s people made him jealous— They worshiped other gods! They worshiped those horrible idols. And that made God angry.