Jeremiah 7:18
The children go for wood, the fathers get the fire burning, the women are working the paste to make cakes for the queen of heaven, and drink offerings are drained out to other gods, moving me to wrath.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In Context
17Do you not see what they are doing in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
19Are they moving me to wrath? says the Lord; are they not moving themselves to their shame?
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:16The honour which was his they gave to strange gods; by their disgusting ways he was moved to wrath.
Deuteronomy 32:37And he will say, Where are their gods, the rock in which they put their faith?
1 Kings 16:2Because I took you up out of the dust, and made you ruler over my people Israel; and you have gone in the ways of Jeroboam, and made my people Israel do evil, moving me to wrath by their sins;
Psalms 16:4Their sorrows will be increased who go after another god: I will not take drink offerings from their hands, or take their names on my lips.
Isaiah 57:6Among the smooth stones of the valley is your heritage; they, even they, are your part: even to them have you made a drink offering and a meal offering. Is it possible for such things to be overlooked by me?
Isaiah 65:11\64:12\In view of all this, will you still do nothing, O Lord? will you keep quiet, and go on increasing our punishment?
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 7:17-21
Punishment Predicted. ( b. c. 606.) 16 Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me: for I will not hear thee. 17 Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? 18 The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger. 19 Do they provoke me to anger?… Read the whole commentary →