⁸Why arouse my anger with what your hands have made,^r burning incense^s to other gods in Egypt,^t where you have come to live?^u You will destroy yourselves and make yourselves a curse^a and an object of reproach^v among all the nations on earth.

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Footnotes

aThat is, your name will be used in cursing (see 29:22); or, others will see that you are cursed; also in verse 12; similarly in verse 22.

Cross references

rSee Isa 40:18–20; See Jer 10:3; Ro 1:23
sver 17–25; Jer 41:5
tSee ver 3; See Ex 12:12
uSee 1 Co 10:22
vSee Ps 44:13

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Why do you provoke me to anger with the works of your hands, making offerings to other gods in the land of Egypt where you have come to live, so that you may be cut off and become a curse and a taunt among all the nations of the earth?

CSBChristian Standard Bible

You are angering me by the work of your hands. You are burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt where you have gone to stay for a while. As a result, you will be cut off and become an example for cursing and insult among all the nations of earth.

NLTNew Living Translation

Why provoke my anger by burning incense to the idols you have made here in Egypt? You will only destroy yourselves and make yourselves an object of cursing and mockery for all the nations of the earth.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

provoking me to anger with the works of your hands, to make smoke offerings to other gods in the land of Egypt where you have come to dwell as aliens, so as to cut off yourselves, and so that you are becoming as a curse, and as a disgrace among all the nations of the earth?

KJV 1900King James Version

In that ye provoke me unto wrath with the works of your hands, burning incense unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye be gone to dwell, that ye might cut yourselves off, and that ye might be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?

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