"Also I have sentto you allMy servantsthe prophets,sending[them] againand again,saying:Turnnoweverymanfrom his evilwayand amendyour deeds,and do not goafterothergodsto worshipthem. Then you will dwellin the landwhichI have givento you and to your forefathers;but you have not inclinedyour earor listenedto Me.
"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.