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Standard Version</a></span><br />But since we left off making offerings to the queen of heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked everything and have been consumed by the sword and by famine.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/44.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />But from the time we stopped burning incense to the Queen of Heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked everything and have been perishing by sword and famine.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/44.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all <i>things</i>, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/44.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />But since we stopped burning incense to the queen of heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked everything and have been consumed by the sword and by famine.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/44.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />But since we stopped burning sacrifices to the queen of heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked everything, and have met our end by the sword and by famine.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/44.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220But since we stopped burning sacrifices to the queen of heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked everything and have met our end by the sword and by famine.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/44.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“But since we stopped burning sacrifices to the queen of heaven and pouring out libations to her, we have lacked everything and have met our end by the sword and by famine.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/44.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />But since we stopped burning incense to the queen of heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked everything and have met our end by the sword and by famine.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/44.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />But since we stopped burning sacrifices to the queen of heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked everything and have been consumed by the sword and by famine.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/44.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />but from the time we ceased to burn incense to the queen of heaven and to offer her drink offerings, we have lacked everything, and through sword and famine we have met our end.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/44.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />but from the time we ceased to burn incense to the queen of heaven and to offer her drink offerings, we have lacked everything, and through sword and famine we have met our end.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/44.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />But since we left off burning incense to the queen of heaven, and pouring out drink-offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/44.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />But since the time we stopped burning incense and offering wine sacrifices to her, we have been dying from war and hunger. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/44.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/44.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />But since we stopped burning incense to the queen of heaven and pouring out wine offerings to her, we have had nothing but wars and famines."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/44.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />But ever since we stopped sacrificing to the Queen of Heaven and stopped pouring out wine offerings to her, we have had nothing, and our people have died in war and of starvation." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/44.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />From the time we stopped offering sacrifices to the Queen of Heaven and pouring out liquid offerings to her, we have lacked everything, and we have been consumed by the sword and famine. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/44.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />But from the time we stopped burning incense to the Queen of Heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked everything and have been perishing by sword and famine.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/44.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />But ever since we stopped sacrificing and pouring out drink offerings to the Queen of Heaven, we have been in great need. Our people have died in wars or of starvation."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/44.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />But since we left off burning incense to the queen of heaven, and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/44.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />But since we ceased to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings to her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/44.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />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.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/44.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And from the time we have ceased to make incense to the queen of the heavens, and to pour out drink-offerings to her, we have lacked all, and we have been consumed by sword and by famine,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/44.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'And from the time we have ceased to make perfume to the queen of the heavens, and to pour out to her libations, we have lacked all, and by sword and by famine we have been consumed,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/44.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />From then we ceased to burn incense to the queen of the heavens, and to pour out libations to her, we wanted all things, and were consumed by sword and by famine.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/44.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />But since we left off to offer sacrifice to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings to her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword, and by famine. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/44.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />But since the time that we ceased to offer sacrifice to the queen of heaven, and to pour out libations to her, we have been in need of all things, and we have been consumed by the sword and by famine.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/44.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />But ever since we stopped offering sacrifices to the Queen of Heaven and pouring out libations to her, we lack everything and are being destroyed by sword and hunger.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/44.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />But from the time we stopped making offerings to the queen of heaven and pouring out libations to her, we have lacked everything and have perished by the sword and by famine.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/44.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />But since we left off burning incense to the queen of heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her we have lacked everything and have been consumed by sword and by famine.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/44.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And behold, when we stopped offering up incense for the service of Heaven and pouring out a drink offering to it, we lack everything, and we are consumed with sword and with starvation!”<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/44.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />But since we let off to offer to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/44.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, we have all been brought low, and have been consumed by sword and by famine.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/44-18.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=13486" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/44.htm">The Stubbornness of the People</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">17</span>Instead, we will do everything we vowed to do: We will burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and offer drink offerings to her, just as we, our fathers, our kings, and our officials did in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. At that time we had plenty of food and good things, and we saw no disaster. <span class="reftext">18</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: ū·min- (Conj-w:: Prep) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses.">But from the time</a> <a href="/hebrew/227.htm" title="227: ’āz (Adv) -- At that time. A demonstrative adverb; at that time or place; also as a conjunction, therefore."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2308.htm" title="2308: ḥā·ḏal·nū (V-Qal-Perf-1cp) -- To cease. A primitive root; properly, to be flabby, i.e. desist; be lacking or idle.">we stopped</a> <a href="/hebrew/6999.htm" title="6999: lə·qaṭ·ṭêr (Prep-l:: V-Piel-Inf) -- To make sacrifices smoke. A primitive root; to smoke, i.e. Turn into fragrance by fire.">burning incense</a> <a href="/hebrew/4446.htm" title="4446: lim·le·ḵeṯ (Prep-l:: N-fsc) -- Queen. From malak; a queen.">to the Queen</a> <a href="/hebrew/8064.htm" title="8064: haš·šā·ma·yim (Art:: N-mp) -- Heaven, sky. Dual of an unused singular shameh; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky.">of Heaven</a> <a href="/hebrew/5258.htm" title="5258: wə·has·sêḵ- (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-InfAbs) -- A primitive root; to pour out, especially a libation, or to cast; by analogy, to anoint a king.">and pouring out</a> <a href="/hebrew/5262.htm" title="5262: nə·sā·ḵîm (N-mp) -- A libation, a cast idol. Or necek; from nacak; a libation; also a cast idol.">drink offerings</a> <a href="/hebrew/lāh (Prep:: 3fs) -- ">to her,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2637.htm" title="2637: ḥā·sar·nū (V-Qal-Perf-1cp) -- To lack, need, be lacking, decrease. A primitive root; to lack; by implication, to fail, want, lessen.">we have lacked</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: ḵōl (N-ms) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">everything</a> <a href="/hebrew/8552.htm" title="8552: tā·mə·nū (V-Qal-Perf-1cp) -- A primitive root; to complete, in a good or a bad sense, literal, or figurative, transitive or intransitive.">and have been perishing</a> <a href="/hebrew/2719.htm" title="2719: ū·ḇa·ḥe·reḇ (Conj-w, Prep-b, Art:: N-fs) -- A sword. From charab; drought; also a cutting instrument, as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement.">by sword</a> <a href="/hebrew/7458.htm" title="7458: ū·ḇā·rā·‘āḇ (Conj-w, Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Famine, hunger. From ra'eb; hunger.">and famine.”</a> </span><span class="reftext">19</span>“Moreover,” said the women, “when we burned incense to the Queen of Heaven and poured out drink offerings to her, was it without our husbands’ knowledge that we made sacrificial cakes in her image and poured out drink offerings to her?”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/7-18.htm">Jeremiah 7:18</a></span><br />The sons gather wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead the dough to make cakes for the Queen of Heaven; they pour out drink offerings to other gods to provoke Me to anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/11-13.htm">Jeremiah 11:13</a></span><br />Your gods are indeed as numerous as your cities, O Judah; the altars of shame you have set up—the altars to burn incense to Baal—are as many as the streets of Jerusalem.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/2-5.htm">Hosea 2:5-13</a></span><br />For their mother has played the harlot and has conceived them in disgrace. For she thought, ‘I will go after my lovers, who give me bread and water, wool and linen, oil and drink.’ / Therefore, behold, I will hedge up her path with thorns; I will enclose her with a wall, so she cannot find her way. / She will pursue her lovers but not catch them; she will seek them but not find them. Then she will say, ‘I will return to my first husband, for then I was better off than now.’ ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/8-14.htm">Ezekiel 8:14</a></span><br />Then He brought me to the entrance of the north gate of the house of the LORD, and I saw women sitting there, weeping for Tammuz.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/65-11.htm">Isaiah 65:11</a></span><br />But you who forsake the LORD, who forget My holy mountain, who set a table for Fortune and fill bowls of mixed wine for Destiny,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-16.htm">2 Kings 17:16-18</a></span><br />They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves two cast idols of calves and an Asherah pole. They bowed down to all the host of heaven and served Baal. / They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire and practiced divination and soothsaying. They devoted themselves to doing evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger. / So the LORD was very angry with Israel, and He removed them from His presence. Only the tribe of Judah remained,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/23-5.htm">2 Kings 23:5</a></span><br />Josiah also did away with the idolatrous priests ordained by the kings of Judah to burn incense on the high places of the cities of Judah and in the places all around Jerusalem—those who had burned incense to Baal, to the sun and moon, to the constellations, and to all the host of heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-16.htm">Deuteronomy 32:16-17</a></span><br />They provoked His jealousy with foreign gods; they enraged Him with abominations. / They sacrificed to demons, not to God, to gods they had not known, to newly arrived gods, which your fathers did not fear.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/11-33.htm">1 Kings 11:33</a></span><br />For they have forsaken Me to worship Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the Ammonites. They have not walked in My ways, nor done what is right in My eyes, nor kept My statutes and judgments, as Solomon’s father David did.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/10-6.htm">Judges 10:6</a></span><br />And again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. They served the Baals, the Ashtoreths, the gods of Aram, Sidon, and Moab, and the gods of the Ammonites and Philistines. Thus they forsook the LORD and did not serve Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/9-20.htm">Revelation 9:20-21</a></span><br />Now the rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk. / Furthermore, they did not repent of their murder, sorcery, sexual immorality, and theft.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-4.htm">Revelation 18:4-5</a></span><br />Then I heard another voice from heaven say: “Come out of her, My people, so that you will not share in her sins or contract any of her plagues. / For her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/19-26.htm">Acts 19:26-27</a></span><br />And you can see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but in nearly the whole province of Asia, this Paul has persuaded a great number of people to turn away. He says that man-made gods are no gods at all. / There is danger not only that our business will fall into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be discredited and her majesty deposed—she who is worshiped by all the province of Asia and the whole world.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-20.htm">1 Corinthians 10:20-21</a></span><br />No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons. / You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot partake in the table of the Lord and the table of demons too.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/1-21.htm">Romans 1:21-23</a></span><br />For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts. / Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools, / and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings to her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.</p><p class="hdg">we have</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/40-12.htm">Jeremiah 40:12</a></b></br> Even all the Jews returned out of all places whither they were driven, and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah, unto Mizpah, and gathered wine and summer fruits very much.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/11-5.htm">Numbers 11:5,6</a></b></br> We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/21-14.htm">Job 21:14,15</a></b></br> Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/44-17.htm">Burn</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-8.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/jeremiah/38-27.htm">Ceased</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-12.htm">Consumed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-17.htm">Drink</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-17.htm">Drink-Offerings</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-13.htm">Famine</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-17.htm">Food</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-17.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/jeremiah/34-20.htm">Heavens</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-17.htm">Incense</a> <a href="/jeremiah/41-6.htm">Met</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-13.htm">Need</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-3.htm">Offer</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-17.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-3.htm">Perfumes</a> <a href="/isaiah/27-13.htm">Perishing</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-17.htm">Pour</a> <a href="/psalms/107-40.htm">Pouring</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-17.htm">Queen</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-5.htm">Sacrifices</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-17.htm">Sky</a> <a href="/jeremiah/41-8.htm">Stopped</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-13.htm">Sword</a> <a href="/jeremiah/39-10.htm">Time</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-30.htm">Wanted</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-6.htm">Wasted</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/44-25.htm">Burn</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-19.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-30.htm">Ceased</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-27.htm">Consumed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-19.htm">Drink</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-19.htm">Drink-Offerings</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-27.htm">Famine</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-27.htm">Food</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-19.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-36.htm">Heavens</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-19.htm">Incense</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-31.htm">Met</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-27.htm">Need</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-19.htm">Offer</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-19.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-19.htm">Perfumes</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-6.htm">Perishing</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-19.htm">Pour</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-19.htm">Pouring</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-19.htm">Queen</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-19.htm">Sacrifices</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-19.htm">Sky</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-33.htm">Stopped</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-27.htm">Sword</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-17.htm">Time</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-9.htm">Wanted</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-27.htm">Wasted</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 44</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/44-1.htm">Jeremiah expresses the desolation of Judah for their idolatry</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/44-11.htm">He prophesies the destruction of those who commit idolatry in Egypt</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/44-15.htm">The obstinacy of the Jews</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/44-20.htm">For which Jeremiah threatens them</a></span><br><span class="reftext">29. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/44-29.htm">and for a sign prophesies the destruction of Egypt</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This practice was prevalent among the Israelites despite God's commandments against idolatry (<a href="/exodus/20-3.htm">Exodus 20:3-5</a>). The worship of the Queen of Heaven involved rituals that were directly opposed to the worship of Yahweh, highlighting the Israelites' syncretism and spiritual adultery. Historically, this idolatry was a significant issue during the reigns of certain kings, such as Manasseh, who led Judah into deep idolatry (<a href="/2_kings/21-3.htm">2 Kings 21:3-5</a>).<p><b>and pouring out drink offerings to her,</b><br>Drink offerings were part of the sacrificial system in ancient Near Eastern religions, including the worship of Yahweh, but here they are misappropriated for idol worship. This act of pouring out drink offerings to the Queen of Heaven signifies a complete devotion and allegiance to a false deity, which was a direct violation of the covenant relationship with God. The Israelites' actions reflect a misunderstanding of true worship, which should be directed solely to God (<a href="/deuteronomy/6-13.htm">Deuteronomy 6:13-15</a>).<p><b>we have lacked everything</b><br>The people of Judah are expressing their belief that their misfortunes began when they ceased their idolatrous practices. This reflects a misunderstanding of the source of their blessings and curses. According to the covenant outlined in <a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a>, blessings come from obedience to God, while curses result from disobedience. Their lack of everything is a consequence of their disobedience to God, not the cessation of idol worship.<p><b>and have been perishing by sword and famine.”</b><br>The sword and famine are common judgments from God for covenant unfaithfulness, as seen throughout the prophetic literature (<a href="/jeremiah/14-12.htm">Jeremiah 14:12</a>, <a href="/ezekiel/5-12.htm">Ezekiel 5:12</a>). These calamities were prophesied as consequences for Israel's idolatry and rebellion against God. The people's interpretation of their suffering as a result of stopping idol worship shows their spiritual blindness and failure to recognize God's hand in their discipline. This phrase underscores the theme of divine retribution and the need for repentance and return to covenant faithfulness.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>A prophet called by God to deliver messages of warning and hope to the people of Judah. He is known for his perseverance in the face of opposition.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_people_of_judah.htm">The People of Judah</a></b><br>The audience of Jeremiah's message, who had been exiled to Egypt after the fall of Jerusalem. They are struggling with faithfulness to God amidst their hardships.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_queen_of_heaven.htm">The Queen of Heaven</a></b><br>A pagan deity worshiped by some Israelites, often associated with fertility and prosperity. This worship was contrary to the worship of Yahweh.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/e/egypt.htm">Egypt</a></b><br>The place where the remnant of Judah had fled after the destruction of Jerusalem. It represents a place of disobedience and misplaced trust.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/s/sword_and_famine.htm">Sword and Famine</a></b><br>Consequences of disobedience and idolatry, symbolizing God's judgment on the people for their unfaithfulness.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/i/idolatry's_consequences.htm">Idolatry's Consequences</a></b><br>Idolatry leads to spiritual and physical ruin. The people of Judah experienced lack and destruction because they turned away from God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/m/misplaced_trust.htm">Misplaced Trust</a></b><br>Trusting in anything other than God, such as false gods or human solutions, leads to disappointment and judgment.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_in_hardship.htm">Faithfulness in Hardship</a></b><br>True faithfulness to God is tested in times of hardship. The people of Judah failed this test by reverting to idolatry when faced with difficulties.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_restoration.htm">Repentance and Restoration</a></b><br>God desires repentance and offers restoration. The people of Judah had the opportunity to return to God, but they chose otherwise.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_cultural_influence.htm">The Danger of Cultural Influence</a></b><br>The influence of surrounding cultures can lead believers away from God. The Israelites in Egypt adopted local pagan practices, which led to their downfall.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_44.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 44</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_mary_called_queen_of_heaven.htm">Is Mary referred to as the Queen of Heaven?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_jer_44_17-19_conflict_with_monotheism.htm">Does Jeremiah 44:17-19, mentioning worship of the 'Queen of Heaven,' conflict with monotheism or other biblical teachings?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_elijah's_challenge_align_with_monotheism.htm">How does Elijah's challenge to the prophets of Baal in 1 Kings 18:21-24 align or conflict with other biblical teachings on monotheism?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible's_view_on_god_vs._satan.htm">What does the Bible say about God versus Satan?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/44.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(18) <span class= "bld">To burn incense to the queen of heaven.--</span>This form of worship, characterised specially by its offerings of crescent-shaped cakes, would seem to have been the dominant fashion of the idolatry of the time. (See Note on <a href="/jeremiah/7-18.htm" title="The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings to other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.">Jeremiah 7:18</a>.) The men who felt themselves condemned by the prophet's words vindicate their line of action. They had practised this worship of old, and would practise it still, and they set their experience of the prosperity of those past days against the prophet's picture of the evil that had followed. Might they not argue, as the Romans did in the calamities that fell on the Empire (Tertull. <span class= "ital">Apol. c.</span> 40; August. <span class= "ital">De Civ. Dei, </span>I. c. 36), that they suffered because they had left off the worship under the influence of a different teaching?<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/44-18.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">But from the time</span><br /><span class="heb">וּמִן־</span> <span class="translit">(ū·min-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> </span><span class="str2">A part of, from, out of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">we stopped</span><br /><span class="heb">חָדַ֜לְנוּ</span> <span class="translit">(ḥā·ḏal·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2308.htm">Strong's 2308: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be flabby, desist, be lacking, idle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">burning incense</span><br /><span class="heb">לְקַטֵּ֨ר</span> <span class="translit">(lə·qaṭ·ṭêr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6999.htm">Strong's 6999: </a> </span><span class="str2">To smoke, turn into fragrance by fire</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to the queen</span><br /><span class="heb">לִמְלֶ֧כֶת</span> <span class="translit">(lim·le·ḵeṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4446.htm">Strong's 4446: </a> </span><span class="str2">A queen</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of heaven</span><br /><span class="heb">הַשָּׁמַ֛יִם</span> <span class="translit">(haš·šā·ma·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8064.htm">Strong's 8064: </a> </span><span class="str2">Heaven, sky</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and pouring out</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהַסֵּֽךְ־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·has·sêḵ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5258.htm">Strong's 5258: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pour out, a libation, to cast, to anoint a, king</span><br /><br /><span class="word">drink offerings</span><br /><span class="heb">נְסָכִ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(nə·sā·ḵîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5262.htm">Strong's 5262: </a> </span><span class="str2">A libation, a cast idol</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to her,</span><br /><span class="heb">לָ֥הּ</span> <span class="translit">(lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">we have lacked</span><br /><span class="heb">חָסַ֣רְנוּ</span> <span class="translit">(ḥā·sar·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2637.htm">Strong's 2637: </a> </span><span class="str2">To lack, need, be lacking, decrease</span><br /><br /><span class="word">everything</span><br /><span class="heb">כֹ֑ל</span> <span class="translit">(ḵōl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and have been perishing</span><br /><span class="heb">תָּֽמְנוּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(tā·mə·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8552.htm">Strong's 8552: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be complete or finished</span><br /><br /><span class="word">by sword</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבַחֶ֥רֶב</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇa·ḥe·reḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2719.htm">Strong's 2719: </a> </span><span class="str2">Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and famine.”</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבָרָעָ֖ב</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇā·rā·‘āḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7458.htm">Strong's 7458: </a> </span><span class="str2">Famine, hunger</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/44-18.htm">Jeremiah 44:18 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/44-18.htm">Jeremiah 44:18 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/44-18.htm">Jeremiah 44:18 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/44-18.htm">Jeremiah 44:18 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/44-18.htm">Jeremiah 44:18 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/44-18.htm">Jeremiah 44:18 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/44-18.htm">Jeremiah 44:18 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/44-18.htm">Jeremiah 44:18 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/44-18.htm">Jeremiah 44:18 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/44-18.htm">Jeremiah 44:18 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/44-18.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 44:18 But since we left off burning incense (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/44-17.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 44:17"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 44:17" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/44-19.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 44:19"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 44:19" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>