Jeremiah 44:19 meaning and explanation
“Moreover,” said the women, “when we burned incense to the Queen of Heaven and poured out drink offerings to her, was it without our husbands’ knowledge that we made sacrificial cakes in her image and poured out drink offerings to her?”
Jeremiah 44:19, Berean Standard Bible
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The women of the Jewish community in Egypt are answering Jeremiah after he warned them that their idolatry brought ruin on Jerusalem. They defend themselves by insisting their worship of the Queen of Heaven, likely a goddess associated with fertility and the sky, was done with their husbands' knowledge and approval, not in secret.
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