John Trapp Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 7:20
Jer 7:20 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, mine anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched. Ver. 20. Mine anger and mine fury. ] A very dreadful doom, denounced against these daring monsters. Those that provoke God to anger shall soon have enough of it. It is a fearful thing to fall into the punishing hands of the living God Heb 10:31 Oh... read more
John Trapp Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 7:19
Jer 7:19 Do they provoke me to anger? saith the LORD: [do they] not [provoke] themselves to the confusion of their own faces? Ver. 19. Do they provoke me to anger? ] i.e., Hurt they me by their provocations? or hope they to get the better of me, and to cause me to lay down the bucklers first? Surely, as Ulysses’s companions said to him, when he would needs provoke Polydamas, may we better say to such as provoke the Almighty, “ Sχετλιε, τιπτ δθελεις εριθεζεμεν αγριον ανδρα .” Or as the wise... read more