¹⁸ The ^[a]children gather wood, and the fathers make the fire burn, and the women knead dough to make cakes for the queen of heaven; and they ^(A)pour out drink offerings to other gods in order to ^(B)provoke Me. ^19 (C)Do they provoke Me?” declares Yahweh. “Is it not themselves they provoke to the ^(D)shame of their own face?”

¹⁷ He said to me, “Do you see this, son of man? Is it too light a thing for the house of Judah to do the abominations which they have done here, that they have ^(A)filled the land with violence and ^(B)provoked Me to anger still more? For behold, they are sending forth the twig to their nose.