¹³ The houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah—^(A)all the houses on whose ^(B)roofs offerings have been offered ^(C)to all the host of heaven, and ^(D)drink offerings have been poured out to other gods—shall be defiled ^(E)like the place of Topheth.’”

²⁹ The Chaldeans who are fighting against this city ^(A)shall come and set this city on fire and burn it, ^(B)with the houses on whose roofs offerings have been made to Baal ^(C)and drink offerings have been poured out to other gods, ^(D)to provoke me to anger.

¹² And the altars ^(A)on the roof of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars ^(B)that Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the Lord, he pulled down and broke in pieces^[a] and cast the dust of them ^(C)into the brook Kidron.

¹⁸ The children gather wood, the fathers kindle fire, ^(A)and the women knead dough, to ^(B)make cakes for ^(C)the queen of heaven. And ^(D)they pour out drink offerings to other gods, ^(E)to provoke me to anger.

¹⁹ And beware lest you raise your eyes to heaven, and when you see ^(A)the sun and the moon and the stars, ^(B)all the host of heaven, you be drawn away and bow down to them and serve them, things that the Lord your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole heaven.

²¹ And I will give it into the hands of ^(A)foreigners for prey, ^(B)and to the wicked of the earth for spoil, and ^(C)they shall profane it. ²² I will turn my face from them, and ^(D)they shall profane my treasured^[a] place. Robbers shall enter ^(E)and profane it.

¹⁸ But since we left off making offerings to ^(A)the queen of heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked everything ^(B)and have been consumed by the sword and by famine.”

How Long, O Lord?

A Psalm of ^(A)Asaph.