Jeremiah 25:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith Jehovah; that ye may provoke me to anger with the work of your hands to your own hurt.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְלֹֽא־שְׁמַעְתֶּ֥ם אֵלַ֖י נְאֻם־יְהוָ֑ה לְמַ֧עַן *הכעסוני **הַכְעִיסֵ֛נִי בְּמַעֲשֵׂ֥ה יְדֵיכֶ֖ם לְרַ֥ע לָכֶֽם׃ ס

Transliteration

And not šĕmaʿtem unto me nĕʾum-YHWH, for the sake of hakʿîsēnî in maʿăśēh of your yĕdêkem for raʿ to you.

Grammar Details

*šĕmaʿtem*: verb, qal perfect, 2nd plural - you heard/listened
*nĕʾum*: noun, masculine, singular construct - declaration of
*YHWH*: proper noun - LORD/Yahweh
*hakʿîsēnî*: verb, hiphil infinitive construct + 1st singular suffix - to provoke me to anger
*maʿăśēh*: noun, masculine, singular construct - work/deed
*yĕdêkem*: noun, feminine, dual construct + 2nd plural suffix - your hands
*raʿ*: noun, masculine, singular - harm/evil

Word Meanings

*šĕmaʿtem*: heard/listened/obeyed
*nĕʾum*: declaration/oracle/utterance
*hakʿîsēnî*: to provoke me to anger/vex me/irritate me
*maʿăśēh*: work/deed/action
*raʿ*: harm/evil/hurt

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Referenced Verses

2 Kgs 21:15 : 15 because they have done that which is evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came forth out of Egypt, even unto this day.
Deut 32:21 : 21 They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; They have provoked me to anger with their vanities: And I will move them to jealousy with those that are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
Jer 32:30-33 : 30 For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have done only that which was evil in my sight from their youth; for the children of Israel have only provoked me to anger with the work of their hands, saith Jehovah. 31 For this city hath been to me a provocation of mine anger and of my wrath from the day that they built it even unto this day; that I should remove it from before my face, 32 because of all the evil of the children of Israel and of the children of Judah, which they have done to provoke me to anger, they, their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets, and the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 33 And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: and though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction.
2 Kgs 17:17 : 17 And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger.
Neh 9:26 : 26 Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their back, and slew thy prophets that testified against them to turn them again unto thee, and they wrought great provocations.
Prov 8:36 : 36 But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: All they that hate me love death.
Jer 7:18-19 : 18 The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead the dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger. 19 Do they provoke me to anger? saith Jehovah; [do they] not [provoke] themselves, to the confusion of their own faces?

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