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Jeremiah 44

Jeremiah 44:18

The Stubbornness of the People · Jeremiah 44:15–19
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Translations

Modern
But from the time we stopped burning incense to the Queen of Heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked everything and have been perishing by sword and famine.”
Traditional
But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.
Literal
And from the time we stopped burning incense to the queen of the heavens and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked everything, and by the sword and by the famine have been finished off!
Latin
Ex eo autem tempore quo cessavimus sacrificare reginæ cæli, et libare ei libamina, indigemus omnibus, et gladio et fame consumpti sumus.

Original

Hebrew
English
But from the time we stopped burning incense to the Queen of Heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked everything and have been perishing by sword and famine.”

Notes

Jeremiah 44:18

These Judeans believed that worshiping the Queen of Heaven brought prosperity. They thought stopping this worship would lead to war and famine (see Hosea 2:8). Their beliefs were entirely pagan.

Jeremiah 44:15–19

The people rejected Jeremiah's warning of judgment. They had stopped even pretending to serve the Lord (Jeremiah 42:1–3) and were fully devoted to idol worship.

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Glossary

Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (Old Testament) Book of Jeremiah Dispersion of the Jews, Diaspora Gods and Goddesses Heaven Jeremiah (Person) Queen of Heaven

Topics

Drink offering: Idolatrous Jews: Offered to the Queen of Heaven Egypt: Prophecies Respecting: The Jews Who Practised Its Idolatry to Share Its Moon: Worshiped Queen: The Moon Was Called |The Queen of Heaven| Superstition: Jews, Attributing Their Calamities to Having Ceased offering Sacrifices to the Queen of Heaven The Moon: Worshipped As the Queen of Heaven Women: Wicked