Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleBut am I the One they are provoking? declares the LORD. Is it not themselves they spite, to their own shame? Young's Literal Translation Me are they provoking to anger? an affirmation of Jehovah, Is it not themselves, For the shame of their own faces? King James Bible Do they provoke me to anger? saith the LORD: [do they] not [provoke] themselves to the confusion of their own faces? Hebrew But am I the oneהֵ֥ם (hêm) Pronoun - third person masculine plural Strong's 1992: They they are provoking? מַכְעִסִ֖ים (maḵ·‘i·sîm) Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 3707: To trouble, to grieve, rage, be indignant declares נְאֻם־ (nə·’um-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 5002: An oracle the LORD. יְהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel Is it not הֲל֣וֹא (hă·lō·w) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no themselves אֹתָ֔ם (’ō·ṯām) Direct object marker | third person masculine plural Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case they spite, לְמַ֖עַן (lə·ma·‘an) Preposition Strong's 4616: Purpose -- intent to their own shame? בֹּ֥שֶׁת (bō·šeṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 1322: Shame, shameful thing |