Catholic Public Domain Version
"For this city has been a cause of fury and indignation to me, from the day when they built it, until this day, in which it will be taken away from my sight, "
— Jeremiah 32:31, Catholic Public Domain Version
“For this city hath been to me as a provocation of mine anger and of my fury from the day that they built it even unto this day; that I should remove it from before my face,”
“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, ”
“For this city has been to me a provocation of my anger and of my wrath from the day that they built it even to this day; that I should remove it from before my face,”
“This will happen because the people of this city have aroused my anger and my wrath since the time they built it until now. They have made me so angry that I am determined to remove it from my sight.”
“For this city hath been to me a provocation and indignation from the day that they built it, until this day, in which it shall be taken out of my sight.”
“For this town has been to me a cause of wrath and of burning passion from the day of its building till this day, so that I put it away from before my face:”
“For this city hath been to me as a provocation of mine anger and of my fury from the day that they built it even unto this day; that I should remove it from before my face,”
Therefore, thus says the Lord: Behold, I will deliver this city into the hands of the Chaldeans, and into the hands of the king of Babylon, and they will capture it.
And the Chaldeans fighting against this city will advance, and set fire to it, and burn it, along with the houses on whose roofs they were offering sacrifice to Baal and were pouring out libations to strange gods, so that they provoked me to wrath.
For the sons of Israel and the sons of Judah, from their youth, have continually done evil in my eyes. The sons of Israel, even until now, have been provoking me with the work of their hands, says the Lord.
For this city has been a cause of fury and indignation to me, from the day when they built it, until this day, in which it will be taken away from my sight,
because of all the wickedness of the sons of Israel and the sons of Judah, which they have done, provoking me to wrath, they and their kings, their leaders and their priests and their prophets, the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
And they have turned their backs to me, and not their faces. And though I taught them and instructed them, rising at first light, they were not willing to listen, so that they would receive discipline.
And they have placed their idols in the house where my name is invoked, so that they defiled it.