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Will you steal, murder, and commit adultery and swear while lying, and (A)burn incense to Baal and walk after (B)other gods that you have not known,

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“‘Will you steal(A) and murder,(B) commit adultery(C) and perjury,[a](D) burn incense to Baal(E) and follow other gods(F) you have not known,

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  1. Jeremiah 7:9 Or and swear by false gods

Because they have (A)forsaken Me and have (B)made this a foreign place and have burned incense in it to (C)other gods, that neither they nor their fathers nor the kings of Judah had ever known, and because they have filled this place with the (D)blood of the innocent

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For they have forsaken(A) me and made this a place of foreign gods(B); they have burned incense(C) in it to gods that neither they nor their ancestors nor the kings of Judah ever knew, and they have filled this place with the blood of the innocent.(D)

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17 But rather we will certainly (A)carry out every word that has proceeded from our mouths, [a]by burning incense to the (B)queen of heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, just as (C)we ourselves, our fathers, our kings, and our princes did in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; for then we had (D)plenty of [b]food and were well off and saw no evil.

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  1. Jeremiah 44:17 Or so as to burn
  2. Jeremiah 44:17 Lit bread

17 We will certainly do everything we said we would:(A) We will burn incense(B) to the Queen of Heaven(C) and will pour out drink offerings to her just as we and our ancestors, our kings and our officials(D) did in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem.(E) At that time we had plenty of food(F) and were well off and suffered no harm.(G)

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