Jeremiah 44:18-20

New Catholic Bible

¹⁸ But from the time we ceased to make offerings to the queen of heaven and to pour out libations to her, we have been in great need, and we have perished by the sword and by famine.”

¹⁹ The women added, “When we made offerings to the queen of heaven and poured out libations to her, do you think that our husbands were not aware that we made cakes depicting her image and that we poured out libations to her?”^[a]

²⁰ Then to all the people, both men and women, who had given him this answer, Jeremiah said,