Instead, we will do everything we vowed to do: We will burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and offer drink offerings to her, just as we, our fathers, our kings, and our officials did in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. At that time we had plenty of food and good things, and we saw no disaster.
The sons gather wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead the dough to make cakes for the Queen of Heaven; t
Our kings and leaders and priests and fathers did not obey Your law or listen to Your commandments and warnings that You
This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: As for you and your wives, you have spoken with your mouths and
Be careful to follow through on what comes from your lips, because you have freely vowed to the LORD your God with your
They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves two cast idols of calves and an Ashera
For their mother has played the harlot and has conceived them in disgrace. For she thought, ‘I will go after my lovers,
“As for the incense you burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem—you, your fathers, your kings, you
“If only we had died by the LORD’s hand in the land of Egypt!” they said. “There we sat by pots of meat and ate our fill
Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly th
But they rebelled against Me and refused to listen. None of them cast away the abominations before their eyes, and they
They say, “With our tongues we will prevail. We own our lips—who can be our master?”
Have you forgotten the wickedness of your fathers and of the kings of Judah and their wives, as well as the wickedness t
But if her husband nullifies them on the day he hears of them, then nothing that came from her lips, whether her vows or
The houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah will be defiled like that place, Topheth—all the houses on
“My father,” she replied, “you have given your word to the LORD. Do to me as you have said, for the LORD has avenged you
because they have forsaken Me and burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke Me to anger with all the works o
We have sinned like our fathers; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.
For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of
And the Chaldeans who are fighting against this city will come in, set it on fire, and burn it, along with the houses of
The king was consumed with sorrow, but because of his oaths and his guests, he did not want to refuse her.
Therefore I declared it to you long ago; I announced it before it came to pass, so that you could not claim, ‘My idol ha
If a man makes a vow to the LORD or swears an oath to obligate himself by a pledge, he must not break his word; he must
we have sinned and done wrong. We have acted wickedly and rebelled. We have turned away from Your commandments and ordin