Will you steal, murder, and commit adultery and swear falsely, and [a](A)offer sacrifices to Baal and walk after (B)other gods that you have not known,

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  1. Jeremiah 7:9 Or burn incense

12 Then the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem will (A)go and cry to the gods to whom they burn incense, but they surely will not save them in the time of their disaster.

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17 The Lord of hosts, who (A)planted you, has (B)pronounced evil against you because of the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have [a]done to provoke Me by [b](C)offering up sacrifices to Baal.

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  1. Jeremiah 11:17 Or done for themselves
  2. Jeremiah 11:17 Or burning incense

(A)because of their wickedness which they committed so as to (B)provoke Me to anger by continuing to (C)burn [a]sacrifices and to (D)serve other gods whom they had not known, neither they, you, nor your fathers.

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  1. Jeremiah 44:3 Or incense

13 They offer sacrifices on the (A)tops of the mountains
And [a](B)burn incense on the hills,
(C)Under oak, poplar and terebinth,
Because their shade is pleasant.
Therefore your daughters play the harlot
And your [b]brides commit adultery.

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  1. Hosea 4:13 Or offer sacrifices
  2. Hosea 4:13 Or daughters-in-law

16 Therefore they offer a sacrifice to their net
And [a]burn incense to their fishing net;
Because through (A)these things their [b]catch is [c]large,
And their food is [d]plentiful.

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  1. Habakkuk 1:16 Or sacrifice
  2. Habakkuk 1:16 Lit portion
  3. Habakkuk 1:16 Lit fat; or plentiful
  4. Habakkuk 1:16 Lit the fat portion