Jeremiah 11:13 meaning and explanation

Your gods are indeed as numerous as your cities, O Judah; the altars of shame you have set up—the altars to burn incense to Baal—are as many as the streets of Jerusalem.’

Jeremiah 11:13, Berean Standard Bible

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The LORD speaks through Jeremiah to the people of Judah, who have broken the covenant made at Sinai and turned to other gods. The charge is concrete: every city has its own deity, and the streets of Jerusalem are lined with altars to Baal, the Canaanite storm and fertility god.

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