Jeremiah 44:17 meaning and explanation
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.
Jeremiah 44:17, Berean Standard Bible
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These are the words of the Judean refugees in Egypt, answering Jeremiah after he warned that idolatry had brought ruin on Jerusalem. Speaking as a great assembly of men and women, they refuse the prophet's word and resolve to keep their vows to the Queen of Heaven, a goddess associated with the sky.
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