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19 And indeed, when we were making smoke offerings to the queen of heaven and pouring out[a] to her libations, was it not with the consent of[b] our husbands that we made for her sacrificial cakes marked with her image,[c] and we poured out to her libations?”

20 Then Jeremiah said to all the people, to the men and to the women, and to all the people who answered him a word, saying,[d] 21 “The offering that you made, smoke offerings in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, you, and your ancestors,[e] your kings, and your officials, and the people of the land, did not Yahweh remember them, and did it not come to his mind?[f]

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 44:19 Literally “to pour out”
  2. Jeremiah 44:19 Literally “from apart from”
  3. Jeremiah 44:19 Literally “to the copying of her”
  4. Jeremiah 44:20 Literally “to say”
  5. Jeremiah 44:21 Or “fathers”
  6. Jeremiah 44:21 Literally “heart”