Jeremiah 44:18-20

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹⁸ But since we left off burning incense to the queen of heaven and pouring out libations to her, we have lacked everything and have been consumed by the sword and by famine.” ¹⁹ And the women said,^[a] “When we burned incense to the queen of heaven and poured out libations to her, was it without our husbands’ approval that we made cakes for her bearing her image and poured out libations to her?”

²⁰ Then Jeremiah said to all the people, men and women, all the people who had given him this answer: