Jeremiah 44:17-19

New American Standard Bible 1995

¹⁷ But rather we will certainly ^(A)carry out every word that has proceeded from our mouths, ^[a]by burning ^[b]sacrifices to the ^(B)queen of heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, just as ^(C)we ourselves, our forefathers, our kings and our princes did in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; for then we had ^(D)plenty of ^[c]food and were well off and saw no ^[d]misfortune. ¹⁸ But since we stopped burning ^[e]sacrifices to the queen of heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have ^(E)lacked everything and have ^[f]met our end by the sword and by famine.” ¹⁹ “And,” said the women, “when we were ^(F)burning ^[g]sacrifices to the queen of heaven and ^[h]were pouring out drink offerings to her, was it ^(G)without our husbands that we made for her sacrificial cakes ^[i]in her image and poured out drink offerings to her?”