Jeremiah 32:31For 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,
The setting
Jerusalem, 588 BC. God declares His final decision about the city David established 400 years earlier. Modern Jerusalem, Israel...
The emotion here: the exhaustion of divine patience finally ending
The original word
ka'as (כַּעַס) — vexation, the kind of anger that builds from constant irritation
Why it matters
Jerusalem was built by David around 1000 BC, so this represents 400+ years of accumulated provocation
Read with care
What most readers miss in Jeremiah 32:31
'From the day they built it' - God's anger isn't new, it's been building for four centuries
Common misconceptionPeople think God is impulsively angry, but this verse shows His patience lasted 400 years - longer than most human lifespans - before He acted.
The thread continues
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Bible Genome reading
Jeremiah 32:31 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
Jeremiah 32:31 comes from the book of Jeremiah, written during the Divided Kingdom period. These words are attributed to Yahweh. The dominant emotion in this verse is angry, with a comfort power of 10% and a tone that is lamenting. It belongs to the dialogue genre of biblical literature. Key themes include divine anger, persistent provocation, covenant breaking. Notable phrases: provocation of anger and wrath; remove it from before my face.
Emotionally similar
Verses that meet the same angry
“Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, 'I am strong.'”
— Joel 3:10
“You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!”
— Matthew 23:24
“Listen to this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who tell their husba…”
— Amos 4:1
“I hate, I despise your feasts, and I can't stand your solemn assemblies.”
— Amos 5:21
“Your eyes shall not pity; life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.”
— Deuteronomy 19:21
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