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Jeremiah 44:18 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 44 · verse 18 · King James Version
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.Jeremiah 44:18 · King James Version
Jeremiah 44:18 in context
16As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken unto thee.
17But 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.
18But 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.
19And 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?
20Then 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,
Key words (Strong's)
- offeringsneçeka libationH5262 →
- consumedtâmamto complete, in a good or a bad sense, literal, or figurative, transitive or intransitiveH8552 →
- incenseqâṭarto smokeH6999 →
- heavenshâmayimthe sky (as aloftH8064 →
- wantedchâçêrto lackH2637 →
- queenmᵉleketha queenH4446 →
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