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Jeremiah 44:17-25
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Jeremiah 44:17-25
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17 We will certainly do everything we said we would:(A) We will burn incense(B) to the Queen of Heaven(C) and will pour out drink offerings to her just as we and our ancestors, our kings and our officials(D) did in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem.(E) At that time we had plenty of food(F) and were well off and suffered no harm.(G) 18 But ever since we stopped burning incense to the Queen of Heaven and pouring out drink offerings(H) to her, we have had nothing and have been perishing by sword and famine.(I)”
19 The women added, “When we burned incense(J) to the Queen of Heaven(K) and poured out drink offerings to her, did not our husbands(L) know that we were making cakes(M) impressed with her image(N) and pouring out drink offerings to her?”
20 Then Jeremiah said to all the people, both men and women, who were answering him, 21 “Did not the Lord remember(O) and call to mind the incense(P) burned in the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem(Q) by you and your ancestors,(R) your kings and your officials and the people of the land?(S) 22 When the Lord could no longer endure(T) your wicked actions and the detestable things you did, your land became a curse(U) and a desolate waste(V) without inhabitants, as it is today.(W) 23 Because you have burned incense and have sinned against the Lord and have not obeyed him or followed(X) his law or his decrees(Y) or his stipulations, this disaster(Z) has come upon you, as you now see.”(AA)
24 Then Jeremiah said to all the people, including the women,(AB) “Hear the word of the Lord, all you people of Judah in Egypt.(AC) 25 This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: You and your wives(AD) have done what you said you would do when you promised, ‘We will certainly carry out the vows we made to burn incense and pour out drink offerings to the Queen of Heaven.’(AE)
“Go ahead then, do what you promised! Keep your vows!(AF)
Jeremiah 44:17-25
King James Version
Jeremiah 44:17-25
King James Version
17 But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.
18 But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.
19 And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured out drink offerings unto her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and pour out drink offerings unto her, without our men?
20 Then Jeremiah said unto all the people, to the men, and to the women, and to all the people which had given him that answer, saying,
21 The incense that ye burned in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, ye, and your fathers, your kings, and your princes, and the people of the land, did not the Lord remember them, and came it not into his mind?
22 So that the Lord could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which ye have committed; therefore is your land a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant, as at this day.
23 Because ye have burned incense, and because ye have sinned against the Lord, and have not obeyed the voice of the Lord, nor walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies; therefore this evil is happened unto you, as at this day.
24 Moreover Jeremiah said unto all the people, and to all the women, Hear the word of the Lord, all Judah that are in the land of Egypt:
25 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, saying; Ye and your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and fulfilled with your hand, saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her: ye will surely accomplish your vows, and surely perform your vows.
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Jeremiah 41:5
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Jeremiah 41:5
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5 That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of the Lord.
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