But am I the one they are hurting?” announces the Lord.“ Aren’t they only harming themselves? They should be ashamed of it.”

耶和华说：“他们岂是惹我发怒呢？不是自己惹祸，以致脸上惭愧吗？”

他们岂是惹我发怒呢？不是自己惹祸，以致脸上惭愧吗？这是耶和华说的。”

他们岂是惹我发怒呢？不是自己惹祸，以致脸上惭愧吗？这是耶和华说的。”

耶和华说，‘难道他们是在惹我发怒吗？难道他们不是自害己身，自取羞辱吗？’

他们害的是我吗？岂不是他们自己，以致脸上蒙羞吗？”这是耶和华的宣告。

耶和華說：「他們豈是惹我發怒呢？不是自己惹禍，以致臉上慚愧嗎？」

他們豈是惹我發怒呢？不是自己惹禍，以致臉上慚愧嗎？這是耶和華說的。」

他們豈是惹我發怒呢？不是自己惹禍，以致臉上慚愧嗎？這是耶和華說的。」

耶和華說，『難道他們是在惹我發怒嗎？難道他們不是自害己身，自取羞辱嗎？』

他們害的是我嗎？豈不是他們自己，以致臉上蒙羞嗎？”這是耶和華的宣告。

永恆主發神諭說：他們惹怒的哪裏是我呢？豈不是惹了他們自己的禍，為要滿臉慚愧麼？

耶和華曰、彼激我怒乎、豈非自激、致面有慚色哉、

耶和華又曰、彼作此、干我震怒、豈非自貽厥羞乎。

主曰、彼豈獨激我怒乎、豈非自激其禍、致滿面蒙羞乎、

But am I the one they are provoking? declares the Lord. Are they not rather harming themselves, to their own shame?

Is it I whom they provoke? declares the Lord. Is it not themselves, to their own shame?

Am I the one they are hurting?” asks the Lord.“ Most of all, they hurt themselves, to their own shame.”

But are they really provoking me?” This is the LORD’s declaration.“ Isn’t it they themselves being provoked to disgrace?”

Are they provoking Me?” declares the Lord.“ Is it not themselves instead, to their own shame?”

Do they provoke Me to anger?” says the Lord.“ Do they not provoke themselves, to the shame of their own faces?”

Do they provoke me to anger? saith Jehovah; do they not provoke themselves, to the confusion of their own faces?

But are they really provoking Me?” This is the Lord’s declaration.“ Isn’t it they themselves being provoked to disgrace?”

Do they provoke me to anger? saith the LORD:[ do they] not[ provoke] themselves to the confusion of their own faces?

But I am not really the one being troubled!” says the LORD.“ Rather they are bringing trouble on themselves to their own shame!

Do they provoke me to anger?” says Yahweh.“ Don’t they provoke themselves, to the confusion of their own faces?”

Are we trying to make the Lord jealous? Are we stronger than he is?

They made him jealous by serving false gods. They made him angry by worshiping statues of gods. He hated those gods.

All those who make statues of gods will be put to shame. They will be dishonored. They will be led away in shame together.

But you are with me like a mighty warrior. So those who are trying to harm me will trip and fall. They won’t win out over me. They will fail. They’ll be totally put to shame. Their dishonor will never be forgotten.

But if you are not willing to obey me, you will be killed by swords.” The Lord has spoken.

You will be punished because you have sinned. You will be corrected for turning away from me. I am the Lord your God. If you desert me, bad things will happen to you. If you do not respect me, you will suffer bitterly. I want you to understand that,” announces the Lord who rules over all.

If you sin, what does that mean to God? If you sin many times, what does that do to him?

He said to me,“ Son of man, have you seen all of this? The people of Judah are doing things here that I hate. This is a very serious matter. They are harming one another all through the land. They continue to make me very angry. Just look at them making fun of me!So I am angry with them. I will punish them. I will not spare them or feel sorry for them. They might even shout in my ears. But I will not listen to them.”

People are heard weeping in Zion. They are saying,“ We are destroyed! We are filled with shame! We must leave our land. Our houses have been torn down.”

“ Lord, you always do what is right. But we are covered with shame today. We are the people of Judah and Jerusalem. All of us are Israelites, no matter where we live. We are now living in many countries. You scattered us among the nations because we weren’t faithful to you.Lord, we are covered with shame. So are our kings and princes, and our people of long ago. We have sinned against you.

They made me jealous by serving what is not even a god. They made me angry by worshiping worthless statues of gods. I will use people who are not a nation to make them jealous. A nation that has no understanding will make them angry.My anger will start a fire. It will burn all the way down to the kingdom of the dead. It will eat up the earth and its crops. It will set the base of the mountains on fire.

The Lord is the Mighty One of Israel. The Lord who rules over all announces,“ Israel, you have become my enemies. I will act against you in my anger. I will pay you back for what you have done.

We are filled with it. It has been like that ever since the days of our people who lived long ago. Kings of other countries have killed many of us and our kings and priests with their swords. They’ve forced others to leave their own land. They’ve taken them away as prisoners. They’ve robbed others. They’ve made still others feel ashamed and dishonored. All these things have happened to us because we’ve committed so many sins. And that’s how things still are to this day.

Haven’t you brought this on yourselves? I am the Lord your God, but you deserted me. You left me even while I was leading you.