Jeremiah 7:18
The sons gather wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead the dough to make cakes for the Queen of Heaven; they pour out drink offerings to other gods to provoke Me to anger.
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.
Note queen…: or, frame, or, workmanship of heaven
The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead the dough, to make cakes to the queen of the sky, and to pour out drink offerings to other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.
The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead the 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.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- children
- Jeremiah 44:17–19, 25; 1 Corinthians 10:22
- queen of heaven
- or, frame, or workmanship of heaven. Though several MSS. and editions have {melachath,} "workmanship," instead of {melecheth,} "queen" yet the latter reading seems the true one, as the LXX. in the parallel place, and the Vulgate uniformly have "the queen of heaven;" by which there can be little doubt, is meant the Moon.
- Deuteronomy 4:19; Job 31:26–28
- to pour
- Jeremiah 19:13; Jeremiah 32:29; Deuteronomy 32:37, 38; Psalm 16:4; Isaiah 57:6; Isaiah 65:11; Ezekiel 20:28
- that they
- Jeremiah 25:7; Isaiah 3:8; Isaiah 65:3