Jeremiah 44:18-20

Holman Christian Standard Bible

¹⁸ but from the time we ceased to burn incense to the queen of heaven and to offer her drink offerings, we have lacked everything, and through sword and famine we have met our end.”

¹⁹ And the women said,^[a] “When we burned incense to the queen of heaven and poured out drink offerings to her, was it apart from our husbands’ knowledge^(A) that we made sacrificial cakes in her image and poured out drink offerings to her?”

²⁰ But Jeremiah responded to all the people—the men, women, and all the people who were answering him: