Jeremiah 44:19

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Summary

And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured out drink offerings unto her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and pour out drink offerings unto her, without our men?

We burned

Jeremiah 44:15

Jeremiah 7:18

Without

General references

Ezekiel 22:24

Bible References

We burned

Then all the men who were aware that their wives were sacrificing to other gods, as well as all their wives, answered Jeremiah. There was a great crowd of them representing all the people who lived in northern and southern Egypt. They answered,

Children are gathering firewood, fathers are building fires with it, and women are mixing dough to bake cakes to offer to the goddess they call the Queen of Heaven. They are also pouring out drink offerings to other gods. They seem to do all this just to trouble me.

Without

When the woman saw that the tree produced fruit that was good for food, was attractive to the eye, and was desirable for making one wise, she took some of its fruit and ate it. She also gave some of it to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.

You must not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,

(There had never been anyone like Ahab, who was firmly committed to doing evil in the sight of the Lord, urged on by his wife Jezebel.

He followed in the footsteps of the kings of Israel, just as Ahab's dynasty had done, for he married Ahab's daughter. He did evil in the sight of the Lord.

Be assured that the evil person will certainly be punished, but the descendants of the righteous will not suffer unjust judgment.

So Herodias nursed a grudge against him and wanted to kill him. But she could not

General references

"Son of man, say to her: 'You are a land that receives no rain or showers in the day of my anger.'