¹⁶ And they abandoned all the commandments of the Lord their God and made for themselves cast metal images: ^(A)two calves. And they ^(B)made an ^[a]Asherah, and ^(C)worshiped all the heavenly ^[b]lights, and ^(D)served Baal.

¹⁸ The ^[a]children gather wood, the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead dough to make sacrificial cakes for the queen of heaven; and they ^(A)pour out drink offerings to other gods in order to ^(B)provoke Me to anger.