Thematic Bible: Libations
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The houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah will be defiled like Topheth. They burned sacrifices to the heavenly hosts and poured out drink offerings to other gods on the rooftops of all of their houses.'
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The Babylonians who are attacking this city will break in, set this city on fire, and burn it down. They will burn down the houses of people who made me furious by going up to the roofs to burn incense to Baal and to pour out wine offerings to other gods.'
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The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire. The women knead dough to make cakes for the queen of heaven. They pour out drink offerings to other gods in order to spite me.
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The women added: 'When we baked cakes shaped like the Queen of Heaven, offered sacrifices to her, and poured out wine offerings to her, our husbands approved of what we were doing.'
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But as for you who forsake Jehovah and forget my holy mountain, which spread a table for the God of Fortune (Babylonian diety) and fill bowls of mixed wine for Destiny,
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I brought them to the land I had promised to give them. When they saw the high hills and green trees, they offered sacrifices at all of them. They made me angry by the sacrifices they burned and by the wine they brought as offerings.
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Is your portion among the smooth stones of the stream? They indeed are your lot! Even to them you have poured a drink offering. You have offered a grain offering. Should this give me comfort?
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We will do everything that we said we would. We will offer sacrifices to our goddess, the Queen of Heaven, and we will pour out wine offerings to her, just as our ancestors, our king and our leaders, and we used to do in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. Then we had plenty of food, we were prosperous, and had no troubles.
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Both you and your wives have made solemn promises to the Queen of Heaven. You promised that you would offer sacrifices to her and pour out wine offerings to her, and you have kept your promises. Very well, then! Keep your promises! Carry out your vows!
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Related Topics
- Alcohol
- Altars, Pagan
- Anger Of God, Consequences
- Burning Jerusalem
- Cakes
- Different Gods
- Dough
- False Religion
- Firewood
- Food For Other gods
- Host Of Heaven
- Incense Offered Amiss
- Kneading Dough
- Like Creatures
- Making Cereal Offerings And Libations
- Provoking God
- Queens
- Rejection Of God
- Roads
- Roof
- Rooftop
- Sacrificing On The High Places
- Self Delusion
- Serving Asherah
- Shrines
- Tables
- Trust, Lack Of
- Worship At Trees
- Worshipping Material Things
- Drink offering
- Fate
- Gathering
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