Jeremiah 44:16-17
Holman Christian Standard Bible
16 “As for the word you spoke to us in the name of Yahweh, we are not going to listen to you! 17 Instead, we will do everything we said we would: burn incense to the queen of heaven[a] and offer drink offerings to her just as we, our fathers, our kings, and our officials did in Judah’s cities(A) and in Jerusalem’s streets. Then we had enough food and good things and saw no disaster,
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- Jeremiah 44:17 = Ashtoreth, or Astarte
Jeremiah 44:16-17
New International Version
16 “We will not listen(A) to the message you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord!(B) 17 We will certainly do everything we said we would:(C) We will burn incense(D) to the Queen of Heaven(E) and will pour out drink offerings to her just as we and our ancestors, our kings and our officials(F) did in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem.(G) At that time we had plenty of food(H) and were well off and suffered no harm.(I)
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