Jeremiah 44:18-20
1599 Geneva Bible
18 But since we left off to burn incense to the Queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have had [a]scarceness of all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.
19 And when we burnt incense unto the Queen of heaven, and poured out drink offerings unto her, did we make her cakes [b]to make her glad, and pour out drink offerings unto her without [c]our husbands?
20 Then said Jeremiah unto all the people, to the men, and to the women, and to all the people which had given him that answer, saying,
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- Jeremiah 44:18 Or, want.
- Jeremiah 44:19 Or, to appease her.
- Jeremiah 44:19 This teacheth us how great danger it is for the husbands to permit their wives anything whereof they be not assured by God’s word: for thereby they take an occasion to justify their doings, and their husbands shall give an account thereof before God, read Isa. 3:25.
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