Jer 44:17-18, Hos 2:5, 12 | ESV | STEP | But we will do everything that we have vowed , make offerings to the queen of heaven and pour out drink offerings to her, as we did , both we and our fathers , our kings and our officials , in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem . For then we had plenty of food , and prospered , and saw no disaster .

a[Judg. 11:36]

b ch. 7:18

c ch. 19:13

d[1 Kgs. 11:33; 2 Kgs. 21:3]

e[See ver. 17 above]

f[Lam. 3:22]

g[ch. 1:2]

h[ver. 12, 13]

i[ver. 8, 9; Jer. 44:17]

j[Isa. 5:5]

k[ver. 5]

l[Mic. 1:7]

m[ch. 13:8]

Jeremiah 44:17-18

17 ^aBut we will do everything that we have vowed, make offerings to ^bthe queen of heaven ^cand pour out drink offerings to her, ^das we did, both we and our fathers, our kings and our officials, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. For then we had plenty of food, and prospered, and saw no disaster. 18 But since we left off making offerings to ^ethe queen of heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked everything ^fand have been consumed by the sword and by famine.”

Hosea 2:5

5 For ^gtheir mother has played the whore;
she who conceived them has acted shamefully.
For ^hshe said, ‘I will go after my lovers,
who ⁱgive me my bread and my water,
my wool and my flax, my oil and my drink.’

Hosea 2:12

12 And ^jI will lay waste her vines and her fig trees,
^kof which she said,
‘These are ^lmy wages,
which my lovers have given me.’
I will make them a forest,
^mand the beasts of the field shall devour them.