18 The sons gather wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead dough to make cakes for the queen of heaven,[a](A) and they pour out drink offerings to other gods so that they provoke Me to anger. 19 But are they really provoking Me?”(B) This is the Lord’s declaration. “Isn’t it they themselves being provoked to disgrace?”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 7:18 = a pagan goddess

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