¹⁹ Is it I whom they provoke? says the Lord. Is it not themselves, to their own hurt?^(A)

²² Or are we provoking the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?^(A)

⁷ “Righteousness is on your side, O Lord, but open shame, as at this day, falls on us, the people of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and all Israel, those who are near and those who are far away, in all the lands to which you have driven them because of the treachery that they have committed against you.^{(A) 8} Open shame, O Lord, falls on us, our kings, our princes, and our ancestors because we have sinned against you.

¹⁷ Then he said to me, “Have you seen this, O mortal? Is it not bad enough that the house of Judah commits the abominations done here? Must they fill the land with violence and provoke my anger still further? See, they are putting the branch to their nose!^{(A) 18} Therefore I will act in wrath; my eye will not spare, nor will I have pity, and though they cry in my hearing with a loud voice, I will not listen to them.”^(B)