Jeremiah 7:16-18

Contemporary English Version

Punishment for Worshiping Other Gods

¹⁶ Jeremiah, don't pray for these people! I, the Lord, would refuse to listen. ¹⁷ Do you see what the people of Judah are doing in their towns and in the streets of Jerusalem? ^18 (A) Children gather firewood, their fathers build fires, and their mothers mix dough to bake bread for the goddess they call the Queen of Heaven.^[a] They even offer wine sacrifices to other gods, just to insult me.