Jeremiah 44:15-18
15Then aall the men who were aware that their wives were burning ▼▼ Or incense
sacrifices to other gods, along with all the women who were standing by, as a large assembly, ▼▼ Lit and
including all the people who were living in Pathros in the land of Egypt, responded to Jeremiah, saying, 16“As for the ▼▼ Lit word
,
emessage that you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord, fwe are not going to listen to you! 17“But rather we will certainly gcarry out every word that has proceeded from our mouths, ▼▼ Or so as to burn
by burning ▼▼ Or incense
sacrifices to the jqueen of heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, just as kwe ourselves, our forefathers, our kings and our princes did in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; for then we had lplenty of ▼▼ Lit bread
food and were well off and saw no ▼▼ Lit evil
misfortune. 18“But since we stopped burning ▼▼ Or incense
sacrifices to the queen of heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have placked everything and have ▼▼ Lit been finished
met our end by the sword and by famine.”
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