Jeremiah 7:19
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Jeremiah 7:19 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Jeremiah 7:19 is a verse from the book of Jeremiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Do they provoke me to anger? saith the LORD: do they not provoke themselves to the confusion of their own faces?" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Jeremiah 7:19 — KJV
“Do they provoke me to anger? saith the LORD: do they not provoke themselves to the confusion of their own faces?”
— Jeremiah 7:19 (KJV)
Jeremiah 7:19 in Context — About the Book of Jeremiah
Jeremiah preached for forty years to a nation that would not listen, weeping as Jerusalem fell. Yet from the rubble come some of Scripture's most hopeful promises: plans to prosper and not harm, a new covenant written on hearts, and a God who invites us to call and see great things.
Cross-References for Jeremiah 7:19
“Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith the LORD; that ye might provoke me to anger with the works of your hands to your own hurt.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 7:19: provoke, anger, saith
“And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 7:19: provoke, anger, lord
“And they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the LORD to anger.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 7:19: provoke, anger, lord
“And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 7:19: provoke, anger, lord
“And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the LORD upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 7:19: lord, themselves, own
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