Jeremiah 44:18-20

New International Reader's Version

¹⁸ But then we stopped burning incense to the Queen of Heaven. We stopped pouring out drink offerings to her. And ever since that time we haven’t had anything. Instead, we’ve been dying of war and hunger.”

¹⁹ The women added, “We burned incense to the Queen of Heaven. We poured out drink offerings to her. And our husbands knew we were making cakes that looked like her. They knew we were pouring out drink offerings to her.”

²⁰ Then Jeremiah spoke to all the people who were answering him. He spoke to men and women alike. He said,