Both your own (A)wrongdoings and the wrongdoings of your fathers together,” says the Lord.
“Because they have (B)burned incense on the mountains
And (C)scorned Me on the hills,
Therefore I will (D)measure their former work [a]into their laps.”

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  1. Isaiah 65:7 I.e., individually and fully

Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, [a](A)offer sacrifices to Baal, and follow (B)other gods that you have not known,

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  1. Jeremiah 7:9 Or burn incense

15 They are (A)worthless, a work of mockery;
At the (B)time of their punishment they will perish.

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17 But we will certainly (A)carry out every word that has proceeded from our mouths, [a]by burning [b]sacrifices to the (B)queen of heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, just as (C)we ourselves, our forefathers, our kings, and our leaders did in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; for then we had (D)plenty of [c]food and were well off and saw no [d]misfortune.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 44:17 Or so as to burn
  2. Jeremiah 44:17 Or incense
  3. Jeremiah 44:17 Lit bread
  4. Jeremiah 44:17 Lit evil

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