Verse 3

Because{H6440} of their wickedness{H7451} which they have committed{H6213}{(H8804)} to provoke me to anger{H3707}{(H8687)}, in that they went{H3212}{(H8800)} to burn incense{H6999}{(H8763)}, and to serve{H5647}{(H8800)} other{H312} gods{H430}, whom they knew{H3045}{(H8804)} not, neither they, ye, nor your fathers{H1}.

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 13:6 : 6 If thy brother{H251}, the son{H1121} of thy mother{H517}, or thy son{H1121}, or thy daughter{H1323}, or the wife{H802} of thy bosom{H2436}, or thy friend{H7453}, which is as thine own soul{H5315}, entice{H5496}{(H8686)} thee secretly{H5643}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Let us go{H3212}{(H8799)} and serve{H5647}{(H8799)} other{H312} gods{H430}, which thou hast not known{H3045}{(H8804)}, thou, nor thy fathers{H1};
  • Deut 29:26 : 26 For they went{H3212}{(H8799)} and served{H5647}{(H8799)} other{H312} gods{H430}, and worshipped{H7812}{(H8691)} them, gods{H430} whom they knew{H3045}{(H8804)} not, and whom he had not given{H2505}{(H8804)} unto them:
  • Deut 32:17 : 17 They sacrificed{H2076}{(H8799)} unto devils{H7700}, not to God{H433}; to gods{H430} whom they knew{H3045}{(H8804)} not, to new{H2319} gods that came{H935} newly{H7138} up{H935}{(H8804)}, whom your fathers{H1} feared{H8175}{(H8804)} not.
  • Jer 44:8 : 8 In that ye provoke me unto wrath{H3707}{(H8687)} with the works{H4639} of your hands{H3027}, burning incense{H6999}{(H8763)} unto other{H312} gods{H430} in the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714}, whither ye be gone{H935}{(H8802)} to dwell{H1481}{(H8800)}, that ye might cut yourselves off{H3772}{(H8687)}, and that ye might be a curse{H7045} and a reproach{H2781} among all the nations{H1471} of the earth{H776}?
  • Ezek 8:17-18 : 17 Then he said{H559}{(H8799)} unto me, Hast thou seen{H7200}{(H8804)} this, O son{H1121} of man{H120}? Is it a light thing{H7043}{(H8738)} to the house{H1004} of Judah{H3063} that they commit{H6213}{(H8800)} the abominations{H8441} which they commit{H6213}{(H8804)} here? for they have filled{H4390}{(H8804)} the land{H776} with violence{H2555}, and have returned{H7725}{(H8799)} to provoke me to anger{H3707}{(H8687)}: and, lo, they put{H7971}{(H8802)} the branch{H2156} to their nose{H639}. 18 Therefore will I also deal{H6213}{(H8799)} in fury{H2534}: mine eye{H5869} shall not spare{H2347}{(H8799)}, neither will I have pity{H2550}{(H8799)}: and though they cry{H7121}{(H8804)} in mine ears{H241} with a loud{H1419} voice{H6963}, yet will I not hear{H8085}{(H8799)} them.
  • Neh 9:33 : 33 Howbeit thou art just{H6662} in all that is brought{H935}{(H8802)} upon us; for thou hast done{H6213}{(H8804)} right{H571}, but we have done wickedly{H7561}{(H8689)}:
  • Jer 2:17-19 : 17 Hast thou not procured{H6213}{(H8799)} this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken{H5800}{(H8800)} the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430}, when{H6256} he led{H3212}{(H8688)} thee by the way{H1870}? 18 And now what hast thou to do in the way{H1870} of Egypt{H4714}, to drink{H8354}{(H8800)} the waters{H4325} of Sihor{H7883}? or what hast thou to do in the way{H1870} of Assyria{H804}, to drink{H8354}{(H8800)} the waters{H4325} of the river{H5104}? 19 Thine own wickedness{H7451} shall correct{H3256}{(H8762)} thee, and thy backslidings{H4878} shall reprove{H3198}{(H8686)} thee: know{H3045}{(H8798)} therefore and see{H7200}{(H8798)} that it is an evil{H7451} thing and bitter{H4751}, that thou hast forsaken{H5800}{(H8800)} the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430}, and that my fear{H6345} is not in thee, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069} of hosts{H6635}.
  • Dan 9:5 : 5 We have sinned{H2398}{(H8804)}, and have committed iniquity{H5753}{(H8804)}, and have done wickedly{H7561}{(H8689)}, and have rebelled{H4775}{(H8804)}, even by departing{H5493}{(H8800)} from thy precepts{H4687} and from thy judgments{H4941}:
  • Zech 7:12-13 : 12 Yea, they made{H7760}{(H8804)} their hearts{H3820} as an adamant stone{H8068}, lest they should hear{H8085}{(H8800)} the law{H8451}, and the words{H1697} which the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635} hath sent{H7971}{(H8804)} in his spirit{H7307} by{H3027} the former{H7223} prophets{H5030}: therefore came a great{H1419} wrath{H7110} from the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635}. 13 Therefore it is come to pass, that as he cried{H7121}{(H8804)}, and they would not hear{H8085}{(H8804)}; so they cried{H7121}{(H8799)}, and I would not hear{H8085}{(H8799)}, saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635}:
  • Jer 4:17-18 : 17 As keepers{H8104}{(H8802)} of a field{H7704}, are they against her round about{H5439}; because she hath been rebellious{H4784}{(H8804)} against me, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}. 18 Thy way{H1870} and thy doings{H4611} have procured{H6213}{(H8804)} these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness{H7451}, because it is bitter{H4751}, because it reacheth{H5060}{(H8804)} unto thine heart{H3820}.
  • Jer 5:19 : 19 And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say{H559}{(H8799)}, Wherefore{H8478}{H4100} doeth{H6213}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} our God{H430} all these things unto us? then shalt thou answer{H559}{(H8804)} them, Like as ye have forsaken{H5800}{(H8804)} me, and served{H5647}{(H8799)} strange{H5236} gods{H430} in your land{H776}, so shall ye serve{H5647}{(H8799)} strangers{H2114}{(H8801)} in a land{H776} that is not yours.
  • Jer 5:29 : 29 Shall I not visit{H6485}{(H8799)} for these things? saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}: shall not my soul{H5315} be avenged{H5358}{(H8691)} on such a nation{H1471} as this?
  • Jer 7:19 : 19 Do they provoke me to anger{H3707}{(H8688)}? saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}: do they not provoke themselves to the confusion{H1322} of their own faces{H6440}?
  • Jer 9:12-14 : 12 Who is the wise{H2450} man{H376}, that may understand{H995}{(H8799)} this? and who is he to whom the mouth{H6310} of the LORD{H3068} hath spoken{H1696}{(H8765)}, that he may declare{H5046}{(H8686)} it, for what the land{H776} perisheth{H6}{(H8804)} and is burned up{H3341}{(H8738)} like a wilderness{H4057}, that none passeth through{H5674}{(H8802)}? 13 And the LORD{H3068} saith{H559}{(H8799)}, Because they have forsaken{H5800}{(H8800)} my law{H8451} which I set{H5414}{(H8804)} before{H6440} them, and have not obeyed{H8085}{(H8804)} my voice{H6963}, neither walked{H1980}{(H8804)} therein; 14 But have walked{H3212}{(H8799)} after{H310} the imagination{H8307} of their own heart{H3820}, and after{H310} Baalim{H1168}, which their fathers{H1} taught{H3925}{(H8765)} them:
  • Jer 11:17 : 17 For the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635}, that planted{H5193}{(H8802)} thee, hath pronounced{H1696}{(H8765)} evil{H7451} against thee, for{H1558} the evil{H7451} of the house{H1004} of Israel{H3478} and of the house{H1004} of Judah{H3063}, which they have done{H6213}{(H8804)} against themselves to provoke me to anger{H3707}{(H8687)} in offering incense{H6999}{(H8763)} unto Baal{H1168}.
  • Jer 16:11-12 : 11 Then shalt thou say{H559}{(H8804)} unto them, Because your fathers{H1} have forsaken{H5800}{(H8804)} me, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}, and have walked{H3212}{(H8799)} after{H310} other{H312} gods{H430}, and have served{H5647}{(H8799)} them, and have worshipped{H7812}{(H8691)} them, and have forsaken{H5800}{(H8804)} me, and have not kept{H8104}{(H8804)} my law{H8451}; 12 And ye have done{H6213}{(H8800)} worse{H7489}{(H8689)} than your fathers{H1}; for, behold{H2009}, ye walk{H1980}{(H8802)} every one{H376} after{H310} the imagination{H8307} of his evil{H7451} heart{H3820}, that they may not hearken{H8085}{(H8800)} unto me:
  • Jer 19:3-4 : 3 And say{H559}{(H8804)}, Hear{H8085}{(H8798)} ye the word{H1697} of the LORD{H3068}, O kings{H4428} of Judah{H3063}, and inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} of Jerusalem{H3389}; Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635}, the God{H430} of Israel{H3478}; Behold, I will bring{H935}{(H8688)} evil{H7451} upon this place{H4725}, the which whosoever heareth{H8085}{(H8802)}, his ears{H241} shall tingle{H6750}{(H8799)}. 4 Because they have forsaken{H5800}{(H8804)} me, and have estranged{H5234}{(H8762)} this place{H4725}, and have burned incense{H6999}{(H8762)} in it unto other{H312} gods{H430}, whom neither they nor their fathers{H1} have known{H3045}{(H8804)}, nor the kings{H4428} of Judah{H3063}, and have filled{H4390}{(H8804)} this place{H4725} with the blood{H1818} of innocents{H5355};
  • Jer 22:9 : 9 Then they shall answer{H559}{(H8804)}, Because they have forsaken{H5800}{(H8804)} the covenant{H1285} of the LORD{H3068} their God{H430}, and worshipped{H7812}{(H8691)} other{H312} gods{H430}, and served{H5647}{(H8799)} them.
  • Ezek 9:9 : 9 Then said{H559}{(H8799)} he unto me, The iniquity{H5771} of the house{H1004} of Israel{H3478} and Judah{H3063} is exceeding{H3966}{H3966} great{H1419}, and the land{H776} is full{H4390}{(H8735)} of blood{H1818}, and the city{H5892} full{H4390}{(H8804)} of perverseness{H4297}: for they say{H559}{(H8804)}, The LORD{H3068} hath forsaken{H5800}{(H8804)} the earth{H776}, and the LORD{H3068} seeth{H7200}{(H8802)} not.
  • Ezek 22:25-31 : 25 There is a conspiracy{H7195} of her prophets{H5030} in the midst{H8432} thereof, like a roaring{H7580}{(H8802)} lion{H738} ravening{H2963}{(H8802)} the prey{H2964}; they have devoured{H398}{(H8804)} souls{H5315}; they have taken{H3947}{(H8799)} the treasure{H2633} and precious things{H3366}; they have made her many{H7235}{(H8689)} widows{H490} in the midst{H8432} thereof. 26 Her priests{H3548} have violated{H2554}{(H8804)} my law{H8451}, and have profaned{H2490}{(H8762)} mine holy things{H6944}: they have put no difference{H914}{(H8689)} between the holy{H6944} and profane{H2455}, neither have they shewed{H3045}{(H8689)} difference between the unclean{H2931} and the clean{H2889}, and have hid{H5956}{(H8689)} their eyes{H5869} from my sabbaths{H7676}, and I am profaned{H2490}{(H8735)} among{H8432} them. 27 Her princes{H8269} in the midst{H7130} thereof are like wolves{H2061} ravening{H2963}{(H8802)} the prey{H2964}, to shed{H8210}{(H8800)} blood{H1818}, and to destroy{H6}{(H8763)} souls{H5315}, to get{H1214}{(H8800)} dishonest gain{H1215}. 28 And her prophets{H5030} have daubed{H2902}{(H8804)} them with untempered{H8602} morter, seeing{H2374} vanity{H7723}, and divining{H7080}{(H8802)} lies{H3577} unto them, saying{H559}{(H8802)}, Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}, when the LORD{H3068} hath not spoken{H1696}{(H8765)}. 29 The people{H5971} of the land{H776} have used oppression{H6231}{(H8804)}{H6233}, and exercised{H1497}{(H8804)} robbery{H1498}, and have vexed{H3238}{(H8689)} the poor{H6041} and needy{H34}: yea, they have oppressed{H6231}{(H8804)} the stranger{H1616} wrongfully{H4941}. 30 And I sought{H1245}{(H8762)} for a man{H376} among them, that should make up{H1443}{(H8802)} the hedge{H1447}, and stand{H5975}{(H8802)} in the gap{H6556} before{H6440} me for the land{H776}, that I should not destroy{H7843}{(H8763)} it: but I found{H4672}{(H8804)} none. 31 Therefore have I poured out{H8210}{(H8799)} mine indignation{H2195} upon them; I have consumed{H3615}{(H8765)} them with the fire{H784} of my wrath{H5678}: their own way{H1870} have I recompensed{H5414}{(H8804)} upon their heads{H7218}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}.
  • Lam 1:8 : 8 Jerusalem{H3389} hath grievously{H2399} sinned{H2398}{(H8804)}; therefore she is removed{H5206}: all that honoured{H3513}{(H8764)} her despise{H2107}{(H8689)} her, because they have seen{H7200}{(H8804)} her nakedness{H6172}: yea, she sigheth{H584}{(H8738)}, and turneth{H7725}{(H8799)} backward{H268}.
  • Lam 4:13 : 13 For the sins{H2403} of her prophets{H5030}, and the iniquities{H5771} of her priests{H3548}, that have shed{H8210}{(H8802)} the blood{H1818} of the just{H6662} in the midst{H7130} of her,
  • Ezra 9:6-9 : 6 And said{H559}{(H8799)}, O my God{H430}, I am ashamed{H954}{(H8804)} and blush{H3637}{(H8738)} to lift up{H7311}{(H8687)} my face{H6440} to thee, my God{H430}: for our iniquities{H5771} are increased{H7235}{(H8804)} over{H4605} our head{H7218}, and our trespass{H819} is grown up{H1431}{(H8804)} unto the heavens{H8064}. 7 Since the days{H3117} of our fathers{H1} have we been in a great{H1419} trespass{H819} unto this day{H3117}; and for our iniquities{H5771} have we, our kings{H4428}, and our priests{H3548}, been delivered{H5414}{(H8738)} into the hand{H3027} of the kings{H4428} of the lands{H776}, to the sword{H2719}, to captivity{H7628}, and to a spoil{H961}, and to confusion{H1322} of face{H6440}, as it is this day{H3117}. 8 And now for a little{H4592} space{H7281} grace{H8467} hath been shewed from the LORD{H3068} our God{H430}, to leave{H7604}{(H8687)} us a remnant to escape{H6413}, and to give{H5414}{(H8800)} us a nail{H3489} in his holy{H6944} place{H4725}, that our God{H430} may lighten{H215}{(H8687)} our eyes{H5869}, and give{H5414}{(H8800)} us a little{H4592} reviving{H4241} in our bondage{H5659}. 9 For we were bondmen{H5650}; yet our God{H430} hath not forsaken{H5800}{(H8804)} us in our bondage{H5659}, but hath extended{H5186}{(H8686)} mercy{H2617} unto us in the sight{H6440} of the kings{H4428} of Persia{H6539}, to give{H5414}{(H8800)} us a reviving{H4241}, to set up{H7311}{(H8788)} the house{H1004} of our God{H430}, and to repair{H5975}{(H8687)} the desolations{H2723} thereof, and to give{H5414}{(H8800)} us a wall{H1447} in Judah{H3063} and in Jerusalem{H3389}. 10 And now, O our God{H430}, what shall we say{H559}{(H8799)} after{H310} this? for we have forsaken{H5800}{(H8804)} thy commandments{H4687}, 11 Which thou hast commanded{H6680}{(H8765)} by{H3027} thy servants{H5650} the prophets{H5030}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, The land{H776}, unto which ye go{H935}{(H8802)} to possess{H3423}{(H8800)} it, is an unclean{H5079} land{H776} with the filthiness{H5079} of the people{H5971} of the lands{H776}, with their abominations{H8441}, which have filled{H4390}{(H8765)} it from one end{H6310} to another{H6310} with their uncleanness{H2932}.