¹⁸ The ^[a]children gather wood, the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead dough to make sacrificial cakes for the queen of heaven; and they ^(A)pour out drink offerings to other gods in order to ^(B)provoke Me to anger.

^19 (A)Are they provoking Me?” declares the Lord. “Is it not themselves instead, to their ^[a]own ^(B)shame?”

¹⁷ And He said to me, “Do you see this, son of man? Is it a trivial thing for the house of Judah to commit the abominations which they have committed here, that they have ^(A)filled the land with violence and ^(B)provoked Me to anger repeatedly? Yet behold, they are ^[a]putting the twig to their nose!