⁶ if you do not oppress^(A) the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow and do not shed innocent blood^(B) in this place, and if you do not follow other gods^(C) to your own harm,

¹⁸ The children gather wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead the dough and make cakes to offer to the Queen of Heaven.^(A) They pour out drink offerings^(B) to other gods to arouse^(C) my anger. ¹⁹ But am I the one they are provoking?^(D) declares the Lord. Are they not rather harming themselves, to their own shame?^(E)