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Jeremiah 7:18

The 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.

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ASV

The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead the dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.

KJV

The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
הַבָּנִ֞יםha.ba.Nimthe childrenH1121 →
מְלַקְּטִ֣יםme.la.ke.Tim[are] gatheringH3950 →
עֵצִ֗ים'e.Tzimwood<s>H6086 →
וְהָֽאָבוֹת֙ve.ha.'a.Votand the fathersH1 →
מְבַעֲרִ֣יםme.va.'a.Rim[are] kindlingH1197 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
הָאֵ֔שׁha.'Eshthe fireH784 →
וְהַנָּשִׁ֖יםve.ha.na.Shimand the womenH802 →
לָשׁ֣וֹתla.Shot[are] kneadingH3888 →
בָּצֵ֑קba.TzekdoughH1217 →
לַעֲשׂ֨וֹתla.'a.Sotto makeH6213 →
כַּוָּנִ֜יםka.va.NimcakesH3561 →
לִמְלֶ֣כֶתlim.Le.khetfor [the] queen ofH4446 →
הַשָּׁמַ֗יִםha.sha.Ma.yimthe heavensH8064 →
וְהַסֵּ֤ךְve.ha.Sekhand they are pouring outH5258 →
נְסָכִים֙ne.sa.Khimdrink offeringsH5262 →
לֵאלֹהִ֣יםle.lo.Himto godsH430 →
אֲחֵרִ֔ים'a.che.RimotherH312 →
לְמַ֖עַןle.Ma.'anso asH4616 →
הַכְעִסֵֽנִי׃hakh.'i.Se.nito provoke to anger meH3707 →

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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 44:17Instead, 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.Jeremiah 44:19“Moreover,” said the women, “when we burned incense to the Queen of Heaven and poured out drink offerings to her, was it without our husbands’ knowledge that we made sacrificial cakes in her image and poured out drink offerings to her?”Jeremiah 44:17–19Instead, 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.1 Kings 14:9You have done more evil than all who came before you. You have proceeded to make for yourself other gods and molten images to provoke Me, and you have flung Me behind your back.1 Corinthians 10:22Are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?Job 30:8A senseless and nameless brood, they were driven off the land.Jeremiah 25:7‘But to your own harm, you have not listened to Me,’ declares the LORD, ‘so you have provoked Me to anger with the works of your hands.’1 Kings 16:2“Even though I lifted you out of the dust and made you ruler over My people Israel, you have walked in the way of Jeroboam and have caused My people Israel to sin and to provoke Me to anger by their sins.Jeremiah 32:29And the Chaldeans who are fighting against this city will come in, set it on fire, and burn it, along with the houses of those who provoked Me to anger by burning incense to Baal on their rooftops and by pouring out drink offerings to other gods.Deuteronomy 32:37–38He will say: “Where are their gods, the rock in which they took refuge,Deuteronomy 32:16They provoked His jealousy with foreign gods; they enraged Him with abominations.Jeremiah 11:17The LORD of Hosts, who planted you, has decreed disaster against you on account of the evil that the house of Israel and the house of Judah have brought upon themselves, provoking Me to anger by burning incense to Baal.”Deuteronomy 32:21They have provoked My jealousy by that which is not God; they have enraged Me with their worthless idols. So I will make them jealous by those who are not a people; I will make them angry by a nation without understanding.Deuteronomy 4:19When you look to the heavens and see the sun and moon and stars—all the host of heaven—do not be enticed to bow down and worship what the LORD your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven.2 Kings 2:23From there, Elisha went up to Bethel, and as he was walking up the road, a group of boys came out of the city and jeered at him, chanting, “Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!”Jeremiah 17:2Even their children remember their altars and Asherah poles by the green trees and on the high hills.Hosea 2:8For she does not acknowledge that it was I who gave her grain, new wine, and oil, who lavished on her silver and gold—which they crafted for Baal.

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