Jer 44:17 | HCSB | STEP | Instead , we will do everything we said we would: burn incense to the queen of heaven and offer drink offerings to her just as we , our fathers , our kings , and our officials did in Judah’s cities and in Jerusalem’s streets . Then we had enough food and good things and saw no disaster ,

Jeremiah 44:17

17 Instead, we will do everything we said we would: burn incense to the queen of heaven ^{▼▼= Ashtoreth, or Astarte} and offer ^{▼▼drink offering: An offering of a specified amount of wine or beer given along with animal sacrifices; it was poured over the sacrifice before it was burned.}drink offerings to her just as we, our fathers, our kings, and our officials did in Judah’s cities ^c and in Jerusalem’s streets. Then we had enough food and good things and saw no disaster,