Jeremiah 7:16-18

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

¹⁶ Therefore do not pray for this people [of Judah] or lift up a cry or entreaty for them or make intercession to Me, for I will not listen to or hear you.

¹⁷ Do you not see what they are doing in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?

¹⁸ The children gather wood, the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead the dough, to make cakes for the ^[a]queen of heaven; and they pour out drink offerings to other gods, that they may provoke Me to anger!