"But ratherwe will certainlycarryout everywordthat has proceededfrom our mouths,by burningsacrificesto the queenof heavenand pouringout drinkofferingsto her, justas we ourselves,our forefathers,our kingsand our princesdidin the citiesof Judahand in the streetsof Jerusalem;for [then] we had plentyof foodand were welloffand sawnomisfortune.
but you have exaltedyourself againstthe Lordof heaven;and they have broughtthe vesselsof His housebeforeyou, and you and your nobles,your wivesand your concubineshave been drinkingwinefrom them; and you have praisedthe godsof silverand gold,of bronze,iron,woodand stone,whichdo not see,hearor understand.But the Godin whosehandare your life-breathand your ways,you have not glorified.