"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.