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Jeremiah 44:17

Instead, we will do everything we vowed to do: We will burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and offer drink offerings to her, just as we, our fathers, our kings, and our officials did in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. At that time we had plenty of food and good things, and we saw no disaster.

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ASV

But we will certainly perform every word that is gone forth out of our mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings unto her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem; for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.

KJV

But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.

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32 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כִּ֩יkiforH3588 →
עָשֹׂ֨ה'a.Sohcertainly <to do>H6213 →
נַעֲשֶׂ֜הna.'a.Sehwe will doH6213 →
אֶֽת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
כָּל־kol-everyH3605 →
הַדָּבָ֣ר׀ha.da.Var<the> thingH1697 →
אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-whichH834 →
יָצָ֣אya.Tza'it has gone outH3318 →
מִפִּ֗ינוּmi.Pi.nufrom mouth ourH6310 →
לְקַטֵּ֞רle.ka.Terto make smokeH6999 →
לִמְלֶ֣כֶתlim.Le.khetto [the] queen ofH4446 →
הַשָּׁמַיִם֮ha.sha.ma.Yimthe heavensH8064 →
וְהַסֵּֽיךְ־ve.ha.seikh-and to pour outH5258 →
לָ֣הּlahto <the> her
נְסָכִים֒ne.sa.Khimdrink offeringsH5262 →
כַּאֲשֶׁ֨רka.'a.Sherjust asH834 →
עָשִׂ֜ינוּ'a.Si.nuwe have doneH6213 →
אֲנַ֤חְנוּ'a.Nach.nuweH587 →
וַאֲבֹתֵ֙ינוּ֙va.'a.vo.Tei.nuand ancestors ourH1 →
מְלָכֵ֣ינוּme.la.Khei.nukings ourH4428 →
וְשָׂרֵ֔ינוּve.sa.Rei.nuand officials ourH8269 →
בְּעָרֵ֣יbe.'a.Reiin [the] cities ofH5892 →
יְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahJudahH3063 →
וּבְחֻצ֖וֹתu.ve.chu.Tzotand in [the] streets ofH2351 →
יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑םye.ru.sha.LimJerusalemH3389 →
וַנִּֽשְׂבַּֽע־va.nis.ba'-and we were satisfiedH7646 →
לֶ֙חֶם֙le.chemfoodH3899 →
וַנִּֽהְיֶ֣הva.nih.Yehand we wereH1961 →
טוֹבִ֔יםto.VimgoodH2896 →
וְרָעָ֖הve.ra.'Ahand distressH7451 →
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808 →
רָאִֽינוּ׃ra.'I.nuwe sawH7200 →

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Jeremiah 7:18The sons gather wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead the dough to make cakes for the Queen of Heaven; they pour out drink offerings to other gods to provoke Me to anger.Nehemiah 9:34Our kings and leaders and priests and fathers did not obey Your law or listen to Your commandments and warnings that You gave them.Ezekiel 8:16So He brought me to the inner court of the house of the LORD, and there at the entrance to the temple of the LORD, between the portico and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs to the temple of the LORD and their faces toward the east; and they were bowing to the east in worship of the sun.Exodus 16:3“If only we had died by the LORD’s hand in the land of Egypt!” they said. “There we sat by pots of meat and ate our fill of bread, but you have brought us into this desert to starve this whole assembly to death!”Hosea 2:5–9For their mother has played the harlot and has conceived them in disgrace. For she thought, ‘I will go after my lovers, who give me bread and water, wool and linen, oil and drink.’Jeremiah 44:25This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: As for you and your wives, you have spoken with your mouths and fulfilled with your hands your words: ‘We will surely perform our vows that we have made to burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and to pour out drink offerings to her.’ Go ahead, then, do what you have promised! Keep your vows!Jeremiah 44:21“As for the incense you burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem—you, your fathers, your kings, your officials, and the people of the land—did the LORD not remember and bring this to mind?2 Kings 17:16They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves two cast idols of calves and an Asherah pole. They bowed down to all the host of heaven and served Baal.Ezekiel 20:8But they rebelled against Me and refused to listen. None of them cast away the abominations before their eyes, and they did not forsake the idols of Egypt. So I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and vent My anger against them in the land of Egypt.Deuteronomy 23:23Be careful to follow through on what comes from your lips, because you have freely vowed to the LORD your God with your own mouth.Philippians 3:19Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.Ezekiel 23:41You sat on a couch of luxury with a table spread before it, on which you had set My incense and My oil,Ezekiel 20:32When you say, ‘Let us be like the nations, like the peoples of the lands, serving wood and stone,’ what you have in mind will never come to pass.Numbers 30:12But if her husband nullifies them on the day he hears of them, then nothing that came from her lips, whether her vows or pledges, shall stand. Her husband has nullified them, and the LORD will absolve her.Jeremiah 19:13The houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah will be defiled like that place, Topheth—all the houses on whose rooftops they burned incense to all the host of heaven and poured out drink offerings to other gods.”Jeremiah 44:9Have you forgotten the wickedness of your fathers and of the kings of Judah and their wives, as well as the wickedness that you and your wives committed in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?Psalms 106:6We have sinned like our fathers; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.Psalms 12:4They say, “With our tongues we will prevail. We own our lips—who can be our master?”

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The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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