Jeremiah 7:18

The Passion Translation

The children gather wood, the fathers kindle the fire, and the wives knead dough to make ritual cakes for the goddess Ishtar, known as the Queen of Heaven. They also pour out drink offerings to other gods to defy me.

Cross References

Psalm 16:4

Yet there are those who yield to their weakness, and they will have troubles unending. I never gather with such ones, nor give them honor in any way.

Isaiah 3:8

Jerusalem has stumbled and Judah has fallen because their words and their works are defiant before the face of the Lord’s glorious presence.

Isaiah 57:6

From there you take smooth stones and worship them as idols. Yes, they become your idols! You bring them grain offerings and pour out wine as drink offerings. Do you think I will not seek vengeance for this?

Isaiah 65:11

“But you who forsake Yahweh and ignore my holy mountain, who celebrate a feast for the goddess called Lady Luck and fill cups of wine to toast the god Destiny, know this: your luck has run out.

Isaiah 65:3

They are a people who continually insult me to my face. They openly and defiantly offer sacrifices to their gods in their sacred groves and burn incense on pagan altars.

Jeremiah 1:16

I will pass sentence against the people of Jerusalem and Judah for all their wickedness in deserting me. They have sacrificed to other gods and worshiped the works of their hands.

Jeremiah 11:17

For I, Yahweh, Commander of Angel Armies, planted you and have decreed disaster against you because of the evil of the people of Israel and the people of Judah. You have provoked me to anger by burning incense to Baal.”

Jeremiah 17:2

Your people have set up pagan altars to the goddess Asherah everywhere in your land—under large trees, on hills

Jeremiah 19:13

Both the houses of the kings of Judah and the houses of Jerusalem will be defiled like the place of Topheth—all the houses upon whose roofs offerings have been made to the whole host of heaven and drink offerings have been poured out to false gods.’ ”

Jeremiah 25:7

declares Yahweh. ‘But you have not listened to me and have provoked my anger by worshiping idols your own hands have made, to your own harm.’ ”

Jeremiah 32:29

The attacking army of Babylon will seize this city, set it on fire, and burn it to the ground. The people offered sacrifices to Baal on those same rooftops and poured out drink offerings to other idols, provoking my anger.

Jeremiah 44:25

Yahweh, God of Israel, Commander of Angel Armies, says to you, ‘Both you and your wives have said that you will fulfill the vows you made to give offerings to the Queen of Heaven and pour out drink offerings to her. You have said it, and you have done it. Very well, by all means, keep your promise and fulfill the vows you made!’

Jeremiah 44:4

Yet I kept sending you my servants the prophets to plead with you to stop doing such detestable things, which I hate with a passion!

Jeremiah 7:17

Don’t you see what they’re doing in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?

Lamentations 5:13

Young men are forced into menial labor, boys stagger under loads of wood.

Ezekiel 16:26

You slept with your well-endowed neighbors, the Egyptians, provoking my anger with your lifestyle of a prostitute.

Ezekiel 20:28

When I had brought them into the promised land, they discovered all sorts of high hills and all kinds of spreading trees. That is where they offered sacrifices and made offerings to false gods that provoked my anger. That is where they burned incense and poured out drink offerings to false gods.

Ezekiel 8:16

Next he transported me to the north gate to the inner court of his temple. And there, at the entrance to Yahweh’s sanctuary, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men standing with their faces to the east worshiping the sun with their backs to Yahweh’s sanctuary. They bowed down to the east, before the rising sun.

Ezekiel 8:17

God said to me, “Son of man, do you see this? It is bad enough that the people of Judah are doing these despicable things, but they also spread violence throughout the land and provoke my anger further! Look at how they insult me in every possible way they can.

1 Corinthians 10:22

Who would ever want to arouse the Lord’s jealousy? Is that something you think you’re strong enough to endure?