¹⁸ The ^[a]children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead dough to make cakes for the queen of heaven; and they ^(A)pour out drink offerings to other gods in order to ^(B)spite Me. ^19 (C)Do they spite Me?” declares the Lord. “Is it not themselves they spite, to ^[b]their own ^(D)shame?”

¹⁷ He said to me, “Do you see this, son of man? Is it too light a thing for the house of Judah to commit the abominations which they have committed here, that they have ^(A)filled the land with violence and ^(B)provoked Me repeatedly? For behold, they are putting the twig to their nose.