Jeremiah 44:18
But since we stopped burning incense to the queen of the sky, and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.”Jeremiah 44:18 · WEB
This verse in other languages
- ગુજરાતી — યર્મિયા ૪૪:૧૮
- પરંતુ જ્યારથી અમે આકાશની રાણીને આહુતિ આપવાનું અને પેયાર્પણો ચઢાવવાનું બંધ કર્યું, ત્યારથી અમે ભારે મુશ્કેલીઓ ભોગવીએ છીએ, તલવારથી અને દુકાળથી અમે નાશ પામીએ છીએ.”
- हिन्दी — यिर्मयाह ४४:१८
- परन्तु जब से हमने स्वर्ग की रानी के लिये धूप जलाना और तपावन देना छोड़ दिया, तब से हमको सब वस्तुओं की घटी है; और हम तलवार और अकाल के द्वारा मिट चले हैं।”
In context
16“As for the word that you have spoken to us in the LORD’s name, we will not listen to you.
17But we will certainly perform every word that has gone out of our mouth, to burn incense to the queen of the sky and to pour out drink offerings to her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings and our princes, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; for then we had plenty of food, and were well, and saw no evil.
18But since we stopped burning incense to the queen of the sky, and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.”
19The women said, “When we burned incense to the queen of the sky and poured out drink offerings to her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and pour out drink offerings to her, without our husbands?”
20Then Jeremiah said to all the people—to the men and to the women, even to all the people who had given him an answer, saying,
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