Jeremiah 7:18
Their children gather wood, and their fathers kindle a fire, and their women knead dough, to make cakes to the host of heaven; and they have poured out drink offerings to strange gods, that they might provoke me to anger.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
17Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem?
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:16They provoked me to anger with strange gods; 1 With their abominations they bitterly angered me. 1
Deuteronomy 32:37And the Lord said, Where are their gods 1 On whom they trusted? 1
1 Kings 16:2Forasmuch as I lifted thee up from the earth, and made thee ruler over my people Israel; and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast caused my people Israel to sin, to provoke me with their vanities;
Psalms 16:4As for the works of men, by the words of thy lips I have guarded myself from hard ways. 1
Isaiah 57:6That is thy portion, this is thy lot: and to them hast thou poured forth drink offerings, and to these hast thou offered meat offerings. Shall I not therefore be angry for these things?
Isaiah 65:11But ye are they that have left me, and forget my holy mountain, and prepare a table for the devil, and fill up the drink offering to Fortune.
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 →