Have provoked me. — Have been provoking; i.e., continually.

Their fathers came forth. — The Septuagint has probabl…

Because they have done that which was evil in my sight
Committed idolatry:

and have provoked me t…

Here is the doom of Judah and Jerusalem. The words used represent the city emptied and utterly desolate. Yet it was not destroyed by this; instead,…