Jeremiah 44:15-19
Christian Standard Bible
The People’s Stubborn Response
15 However, all the men who knew that their wives were burning incense to other gods, all the women standing by—a great assembly—and all the people who were living in the land of Egypt at Pathros answered Jeremiah, 16 “As for the word you spoke to us in the name of the Lord, we are not going to listen to you! 17 Instead, we will do everything we promised:[a] we will burn incense to the queen of heaven[b] and offer drink offerings to her just as we, our ancestors, our kings, and our officials did in Judah’s cities(A) and in Jerusalem’s streets. Then we had enough food, we were well off, and we saw no disaster, 18 but from the time we ceased to burn incense to the queen of heaven and to offer her drink offerings, we have lacked everything, and through sword and famine we have met our end.”(B)
19 And the women said,[c] “When we burned incense to the queen of heaven and poured out drink offerings to her, was it apart from our husbands’ knowledge(C) that we made sacrificial cakes in her image and poured out drink offerings to her?”
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Jeremiah 44:15-19
International Standard Version
The Refugees Refuse to Repent
15 Then all the men who knew that their wives were offering sacrifices to other gods and all the women who were standing by—a large group, including all the people who were living in the land of Egypt in Pathros—answered Jeremiah: 16 “As for the message that you reported to us in the name of the Lord, we won’t listen to you! 17 Rather, we will keep doing everything that we said we would[a] by offering sacrifices to the Queen of Heaven[b] and by pouring out liquid offerings to her just as we, our ancestors, our kings, and our leaders did in the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem. Then we had plenty of bread, things went well for us, and we didn’t experience disaster. 18 From the time we stopped offering sacrifices to the Queen of Heaven and pouring out liquid offerings to her, we have lacked everything, and we have been consumed[c] by the sword and famine. 19 Indeed, we[d] are going to continue offering sacrifices to the Queen of Heaven and pouring out liquid offerings to her. And do you think we have made[e] cakes to represent her or poured out liquid offerings for her without our husbands’ approval?”[f]
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- Jeremiah 44:17 Lit. every word that comes out of our mouths
- Jeremiah 44:17 I.e. the Near Eastern fertility goddess Ishtar
- Jeremiah 44:18 Lit. have come to an end
- Jeremiah 44:19 I.e. the women
- Jeremiah 44:19 Lit. And have we made
- Jeremiah 44:19 Lit. apart from our husbands
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