Jeremiah 44:20
18 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.
19 And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured out drink offerings unto her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and pour out drink offerings unto her, without our men?
Then Jeremiah said unto all the people, to the men, and to the women, and to all the people which had given him that answer, saying,
21 The incense that ye burned in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, ye, and your fathers, your kings, and your princes, and the people of the land, did not the LORD remember them, and came it not into his mind?
22 So that the LORD could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which ye have committed; therefore is your land a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant, as at this day.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Then Jeremiah said to all the people, both men and women, who were answering him,
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- Then Jeremiah said unto all the people, to the men, and to the women, and to all the people which had given him that answer, saying,
- WEB
- Then Jeremiah said to all the people—to the men and to the women, even to all the people who had given him an answer, saying,
- ASV
- Then Jeremiah said unto all the people, to the men, and to the women, even to all the people that had given him that answer, saying,
- DARBY
- And Jeremiah said unto all the people, to the men, and to the women, and to all the people that had given him that answer, saying,
- BLB
- And Jeremiah spoke to all the people, to the men, and to the women, and to all the people answering him [that] word, saying:
- ÅB
- Da sa Jeremias til alt folket, til mennene og til kvinnene og til alt folket som hadde svart ham:
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- Da sa Jeremia til hele folket, både menn og kvinner, som ga ham dette svaret,
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- Da sa Jeremias til alt folket, til mennene og til kvinnene og til alt folket som hadde svart ham: