they provoke.

Jeremiah 2:17, 19
Have you not brought this on yourself by forsaking the LORD your God when He led you in the way? . . .

Deuteronomy 32:16, 21, 22
They provoked His jealousy with foreign gods; they enraged Him with abominations. . . .

Isaiah 1:20, 24
But if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword." For the mouth of the LORD has spoken. . . .

Ezekiel 8:17, 18
And He said to me, "Do you see this, son of man? Is it not enough for the house of Judah to commit the abominations they are practicing here, that they must also fill the land with violence and continually provoke Me to anger? Look, they are even putting the branch to their nose! . . .

1 Corinthians 10:22
Are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?

the confusion.

Jeremiah 20:11
But the LORD is with me like a fearsome warrior. Therefore, my persecutors will stumble and not prevail. Since they have not succeeded, they will be utterly put to shame, with an everlasting disgrace that will never be forgotten.

Ezra 9:7
From the days of our fathers to this day, our guilt has been great. Because of our iniquities, we and our kings and our priests have been delivered into the hands of the kings of the earth and put to the sword and captivity, to pillage and humiliation, as we are this day.

Isaiah 45:16
They will all be put to shame and humiliated; the makers of idols will go away together in disgrace.

Daniel 9:7, 8
To You, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but this day we are covered with shame--the men of Judah, the people of Jerusalem, and all Israel, near and far, in all the countries to which You have driven us because of our unfaithfulness to You. . . .