Jeremiah 44:18 meaning and explanation
But from the time we stopped burning incense to the Queen of Heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked everything and have been perishing by sword and famine.”
Jeremiah 44:18, Berean Standard Bible
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These are the words of the Jewish refugees in Egypt, answering Jeremiah after he warned them that their idolatry caused Jerusalem's ruin. They argue from experience: since they stopped burning incense and pouring drink offerings to the Queen of Heaven, likely a goddess associated with the sky, they have lacked everything and died by sword and famine.
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