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Jeremiah 44:18

Faith

16 “As for the word you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we will not listen to you!

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.

But from the time we stopped burning incense to the Queen of Heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked everything and have been perishing by sword and famine.”

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?”

20 Then Jeremiah said to all the people, both men and women, who were answering him,

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BSB
But from the time we stopped burning incense to the Queen of Heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked everything and have been perishing by sword and famine.”
KJV
But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.
WEB
But since we stopped burning incense to the queen of the sky, and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.”
ASV
But since we left off burning incense to the queen of heaven, and pouring out drink-offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.
DARBY
But since we left off burning incense to the queen of the heavens, and pouring out drink-offerings to her, we have wanted everything, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.
BLB
And from the time we stopped burning incense to the queen of the heavens and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked everything, and by the sword and by the famine have been finished off!
ÅB
Men fra den tid vi holdt opp med å brenne røkelse for himmelens dronning og utøse drikkoffer for henne, har vi manglet alt, og ved sverd og hunger er vi omkommet.
OTB
Men siden vi sluttet å brenne ofre til himmeldronningen og utøse drikkofre til henne, har vi manglet alt og har gått til grunne ved sverd og sult."
B1930
Men fra den tid vi holdt op med å brenne røkelse for himmelens dronning og utøse drikkoffer for henne, har vi manglet alt, og ved sverd og hunger er vi omkommet.

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