¹⁸ The children gather wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead the dough and make cakes to offer to the Queen of Heaven.^(A) They pour out drink offerings^(B) to other gods to arouse^(C) my anger.

¹⁹ The women added, “When we burned incense^(A) to the Queen of Heaven^(B) and poured out drink offerings to her, did not our husbands^(C) know that we were making cakes^(D) impressed with her image^(E) and pouring out drink offerings to her?”