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They pour out drink offerings to other gods to arouse my anger. <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/7.htm">New Living Translation</a> No wonder I am so angry! Watch how the children gather wood and the fathers build sacrificial fires. See how the women knead dough and make cakes to offer to the Queen of Heaven. And they pour out liquid offerings to their other idol gods! <a href="/esv/jeremiah/7.htm">English Standard Version</a> The children gather wood, the fathers kindle fire, and the women knead dough, to make cakes for the queen of heaven. And they pour out drink offerings to other gods, to provoke me to anger. <a href="/bsb/jeremiah/7.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/7.htm">King James Bible</a> 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 unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger. <a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/7.htm">New King James Version</a> The children gather wood, the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead dough, to make cakes for the queen of heaven; and they pour out drink offerings to other gods, that they may provoke Me to anger. <a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/7.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> The children gather wood, the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead dough to make sacrificial cakes for the queen of heaven; and they pour out drink offerings to other gods in order to provoke Me to anger. <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/7.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead dough to make cakes for the queen of heaven; and they pour out drink offerings to other gods in order to spite Me. <a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/7.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead dough to make cakes for the queen of heaven; and they pour out libations to other gods in order to spite Me. <a href="/lsb/jeremiah/7.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> The children gather wood, and the fathers make the fire burn, and the women knead dough to make cakes for the queen of heaven; and they pour out drink offerings to other gods in order to provoke Me. <a href="/amp/jeremiah/7.htm">Amplified Bible</a> The children gather wood, the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead the dough to make cakes for the queen of heaven; and they pour out drink offerings to other gods that they may offend and provoke Me to anger. <a href="/csb/jeremiah/7.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> The sons gather wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead dough to make cakes for the queen of heaven, and they pour out drink offerings to other gods so that they provoke me to anger. <a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/7.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> The sons gather wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead dough to make cakes for the queen of heaven, and they pour out drink offerings to other gods so that they provoke Me to anger. <a href="/asv/jeremiah/7.htm">American Standard Version</a> The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead the dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger. <a href="/cev/jeremiah/7.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Children gather firewood, their fathers build fires, and their mothers mix dough to bake bread for the goddess they call the Queen of Heaven. They even offer wine sacrifices to other gods, just to insult me. <a href="/erv/jeremiah/7.htm">English Revised Version</a> The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead the dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger. <a href="/gwt/jeremiah/7.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Children gather wood, fathers light fires, and women knead dough to make cakes for the queen of heaven. They pour out wine offerings to other gods in order to make me furious. <a href="/gnt/jeremiah/7.htm">Good News Translation</a> The children gather firewood, the men build fires, and the women mix dough to bake cakes for the goddess they call the Queen of Heaven. They also pour out offerings of wine to other gods, in order to hurt me. <a href="/isv/jeremiah/7.htm">International Standard Version</a> The children gather wood, the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead dough to make cakes for the Queen of Heaven, and they pour out liquid offerings to other gods in order to provoke me. <a href="/msb/jeremiah/7.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/net/jeremiah/7.htm">NET Bible</a> Children are gathering firewood, fathers are building fires with it, and women are mixing dough to bake cakes to offer to the goddess they call the Queen of Heaven. They are also pouring out drink offerings to other gods. They seem to do all this just to trouble me. <a href="/nheb/jeremiah/7.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead the 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. <a href="/wbt/jeremiah/7.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead 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. <a href="/web/jeremiah/7.htm">World English Bible</a> The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead the dough, to make cakes to the queen of the sky, and to pour out drink offerings to other gods, that they may provoke me to anger. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/7.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> The sons are gathering wood, "" And the fathers are causing the fire to burn, "" And the women are kneading dough, "" To make cakes to the queen of the heavens, "" And to pour out drink-offerings to other gods, "" So as to provoke Me to anger. <a href="/ylt/jeremiah/7.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> The sons are gathering wood, And the fathers are causing the fire to burn, And the women are kneading dough, To make cakes to the queen of the heavens, And to pour out libations to other gods, So as to provoke Me to anger. <a href="/slt/jeremiah/7.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> The sons are gathering up woods, and the fathers kindling the fire, and the women knead the dough to make cakes for the queen of the heavens, and to pour out libations to other gods, to irritate me.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/jeremiah/7.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire and the women knead the dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to offer libations to strange gods, and to provoke me to anger. <a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/7.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> The sons gather the wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the wives spread the grease, so as to make cakes to the queen of heaven and to offer libations to strange gods, and so as to provoke me to anger. <a href="/nabre/jeremiah/7.htm">New American Bible</a> The children gather wood, their fathers light the fire, and the women knead dough to make cakes for the Queen of Heaven, while libations are poured out to other gods—all to offend me! <a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/7.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> The children gather wood, the fathers kindle fire, and the women knead dough, to make cakes for the queen of heaven; and they pour out drink offerings to other gods, to provoke me to anger.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/7.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> The children gather wood and the fathers kindle the fire and the women knead dough to make cakes to the queen of heaven and they pour out drink offerings to other gods, that they may provoke me to anger. <a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/7.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> The children gather wood and the fathers burn fire and the wives knead dough to make cake of fine flour for the service of Heaven, and to pour out a drink offering to other gods that they would anger me<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/jeremiah/7.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead the dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke Me. <a href="/sep/jeremiah/7.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Their children gather wood, and their fathers kindle a fire, and their women knead dough, to make cakes to the host of heaven; and they have poured out drink-offerings to strange gods, that they might provoke me to anger. <a href="/parallel/jeremiah/7-18.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=2248" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/7.htm">Judah's Idolatry Persists</a> …17Do you not see what they are doing in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? 18<a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: hab·bā·nîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">The sons</a> <a href="/hebrew/3950.htm" title="3950: mə·laq·qə·ṭîm (V-Piel-Prtcpl-mp) -- To pick or gather up, glean. A primitive root; properly, to pick up, i.e. to gather; specifically, to glean.">gather</a> <a href="/hebrew/6086.htm" title="6086: ‘ê·ṣîm (N-mp) -- Tree, trees, wood. From atsah; a tree; hence, wood.">wood,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1: wə·hā·’ā·ḇō·wṯ (Conj-w, Art:: N-mp) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application).">the fathers</a> <a href="/hebrew/1197.htm" title="1197: mə·ḇa·‘ă·rîm (V-Piel-Prtcpl-mp) -- To kindle, consume, to be, brutish. A primitive root; to kindle, i.e. Consume; also to be(-come) brutish.">light</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/784.htm" title="784: hā·’êš (Art:: N-cs) -- A fire. A primitive word; fire.">the fire,</a> <a href="/hebrew/802.htm" title="802: wə·han·nā·šîm (Conj-w, Art:: N-fp) -- Woman, wife, female. Feminine of 'iysh or 'enowsh; irregular plural, nashiym; a woman.">and the women</a> <a href="/hebrew/3888.htm" title="3888: lā·šō·wṯ (V-Qal-Prtcpl-fp) -- To knead. A primitive root; to knead.">knead</a> <a href="/hebrew/1217.htm" title="1217: bā·ṣêq (N-ms) -- Dough (for cooking). From batseq; dough.">the dough</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: la·‘ă·śō·wṯ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">to make</a> <a href="/hebrew/3561.htm" title="3561: kaw·wā·nîm (N-mp) -- A cake, sacrificial cake. From kuwn; something prepared, i.e. A sacrificial wafer.">cakes</a> <a href="/hebrew/4446.htm" title="4446: lim·le·ḵeṯ (Prep-l:: N-fsc) -- Queen. From malak; a queen.">for 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.">they pour 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/312.htm" title="312: ’ă·ḥê·rîm (Adj-mp) -- Another. From 'achar; properly, hinder; generally, next, other, etc.">to other</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: lê·lō·hîm (Prep-l:: N-mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">gods</a> <a href="/hebrew/4616.htm" title="4616: lə·ma·‘an (Conj) -- From anah; properly, heed, i.e. Purpose; used only adverbially, on account of, teleologically, in order that.">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/3707.htm" title="3707: haḵ·‘i·sê·nî (V-Hifil-Inf:: 1cs) -- To be vexed or angry. A primitive root; to trouble; by implication, to grieve, rage, be indignant.">provoke Me to anger.</a> 19But am I the One they are provoking? declares the LORD. Is it not themselves they spite, to their own shame?…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/ezekiel/8-14.htm">Ezekiel 8:14</a> 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. <a href="/isaiah/44-19.htm">Isaiah 44:19</a> And no one considers in his heart, no one has the knowledge or insight to say, “I burned half of it in the fire, and I baked bread on its coals; I roasted meat and I ate. Shall I make something detestable with the rest of it? Shall I bow down to a block of wood?” <a href="/hosea/2-8.htm">Hosea 2:8</a> For she does not acknowledge that it was I who gave her grain, new wine, and oil, who lavished on her silver and gold—which they crafted for Baal. <a href="/2_kings/23-5.htm">2 Kings 23:5</a> 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. <a href="/2_kings/23-13.htm">2 Kings 23:13</a> The king also desecrated the high places east of Jerusalem, to the south of the Mount of Corruption, which King Solomon of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites. <a href="/1_kings/11-5.htm">1 Kings 11:5</a> Solomon followed Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians and Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites. <a href="/1_kings/11-33.htm">1 Kings 11:33</a> 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. <a href="/deuteronomy/32-17.htm">Deuteronomy 32:17</a> They sacrificed to demons, not to God, to gods they had not known, to newly arrived gods, which your fathers did not fear. <a href="/judges/2-13.htm">Judges 2:13</a> for they forsook Him and served Baal and the Ashtoreths. <a href="/psalms/106-37.htm">Psalm 106:37-38</a> They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons. / They shed innocent blood—the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood. <a href="/1_corinthians/10-20.htm">1 Corinthians 10:20</a> No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons. <a href="/revelation/2-20.htm">Revelation 2:20</a> But I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching she misleads My servants to be sexually immoral and to eat food sacrificed to idols. <a href="/revelation/17-4.htm">Revelation 17:4-5</a> The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls. She held in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual immorality. / And on her forehead a mysterious name was written: BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. <a href="/acts/19-27.htm">Acts 19:27</a> 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.” <a href="/romans/1-25.htm">Romans 1:25</a> They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is forever worthy of praise! Amen.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>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.children.<a href="/jeremiah/44-17.htm">Jeremiah 44:17-19,25</a> But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil… <a href="/1_corinthians/10-22.htm">1 Corinthians 10:22</a> Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?queen of heaven.<a href="/deuteronomy/4-19.htm">Deuteronomy 4:19</a> And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.<a href="/job/31-26.htm">Job 31:26-28</a> If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness; … to pour.<a href="/jeremiah/19-13.htm">Jeremiah 19:13</a> And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, shall be defiled as the place of Tophet, because of all the houses upon whose roofs they have burned incense unto all the host of heaven, and have poured out drink offerings unto other gods.<a href="/jeremiah/32-29.htm">Jeremiah 32:29</a> And the Chaldeans, that fight against this city, shall come and set fire on this city, and burn it with the houses, upon whose roofs they have offered incense unto Baal, and poured out drink offerings unto other gods, to provoke me to anger.<a href="/deuteronomy/32-37.htm">Deuteronomy 32:37,38</a> And he shall say, Where are their gods, their rock in whom they trusted, … that they.<a href="/jeremiah/25-7.htm">Jeremiah 25:7</a> Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith the LORD; that ye might provoke me to anger with the works of your hands to your own hurt.<a href="/isaiah/3-8.htm">Isaiah 3:8</a> For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue and their doings are against the LORD, to provoke the eyes of his glory.<a href="/isaiah/65-3.htm">Isaiah 65:3</a> A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick;<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/4-26.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-7.htm">Cakes</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-11.htm">Children</a> <a href="/nehemiah/10-37.htm">Dough</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-18.htm">Drink</a> <a href="/psalms/16-4.htm">Drink-Offerings</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-14.htm">Fathers</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-29.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-1.htm">Gather</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-9.htm">Gods</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-25.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/isaiah/50-11.htm">Kindle</a> <a href="/genesis/18-6.htm">Knead</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-20.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-8.htm">Order</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-11.htm">Pour</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-3.htm">Provoke</a> <a href="/isaiah/47-7.htm">Queen</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-25.htm">Sky</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-10.htm">Spite</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-7.htm">Women</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-14.htm">Wood</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/7-19.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-19.htm">Cakes</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-30.htm">Children</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-30.htm">Dough</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-14.htm">Drink</a> <a href="/jeremiah/19-13.htm">Drink-Offerings</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-22.htm">Fathers</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-31.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-22.htm">Gather</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-8.htm">Gods</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-33.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-14.htm">Kindle</a> <a href="/genesis/18-6.htm">Knead</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-21.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-23.htm">Order</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-18.htm">Pour</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-19.htm">Provoke</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-18.htm">Queen</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-33.htm">Sky</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-19.htm">Spite</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-17.htm">Women</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-3.htm">Wood</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 7</div>1. <a href="/jeremiah/7-1.htm">Jeremiah is sent to call to true repentance, to prevent the Jews' captivity.</a> 8. <a href="/jeremiah/7-8.htm">He rejects their vain confidence,</a> 12. <a href="/jeremiah/7-12.htm">by the example of Shiloh.</a> 17. <a href="/jeremiah/7-17.htm">He threatens them for their idolatry.</a> 21. <a href="/jeremiah/7-21.htm">He rejects the sacrifices of the disobedient.</a> 29. <a href="/jeremiah/7-29.htm">He exhorts to mourn for their abominations in Tophet;</a> 32. <a href="/jeremiah/7-32.htm">and the judgments for the same.</a> </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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The gathering of wood was a preparatory act for idol worship, showing how idolatry permeated daily life. This reflects the cultural context of ancient Near Eastern societies where family units often participated collectively in religious rituals.The fathers light the fire The fathers, as heads of the household, take an active role in leading the family into idolatry. Lighting the fire was a significant act in sacrificial rituals, symbolizing the initiation of worship. This mirrors the patriarchal structure of ancient Israelite society, where fathers were responsible for spiritual leadership, albeit here in a negative sense.And the women knead the dough Women are depicted as participating in the preparation of offerings, specifically cakes. This involvement underscores the communal nature of the idolatrous practice. In ancient cultures, women often prepared food for religious ceremonies, and this act of kneading dough for idol worship indicates a deviation from their traditional role in preparing offerings to Yahweh.To make cakes for the Queen of Heaven The "Queen of Heaven" refers to a pagan deity, likely Ishtar or Astarte, worshiped in the surrounding regions. This phrase indicates syncretism, where Israel adopted foreign religious practices. The making of cakes was a common ritual offering in ancient Near Eastern religions, symbolizing fertility and prosperity, which Israel wrongly attributed to this goddess instead of Yahweh.They pour out drink offerings to other gods Drink offerings were part of sacrificial rituals, typically involving wine, and were meant to honor deities. This act of pouring out drink offerings to other gods signifies a breach of the first commandment, which forbids the worship of any god but Yahweh. It reflects the historical context of Israel's repeated lapses into idolatry, as seen throughout the Old Testament.To provoke Me to anger This phrase reveals God's response to Israel's idolatry. The provocation of divine anger is a recurring theme in the prophetic literature, emphasizing God's holiness and intolerance of idolatry. It connects to other scriptures where God expresses His jealousy and wrath against Israel's unfaithfulness, such as in <a href="/deuteronomy/32-16.htm">Deuteronomy 32:16</a> and <a href="/ezekiel/8-17.htm">Ezekiel 8:17-18</a>. This anger is not arbitrary but a response to the covenantal breach by His people.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/c/children,_fathers,_and_women.htm">Children, Fathers, and Women</a> These represent the family unit in ancient Israel, each playing a role in the idolatrous practices condemned by God. 2. <a href="/topical/q/queen_of_heaven.htm">Queen of Heaven</a> A title used for a pagan goddess, likely Astarte or Ishtar, worshiped in the ancient Near East. This worship involved making cakes and offering drink offerings. 3. <a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a> The prophet through whom God delivers this message, warning the people of Judah about their idolatry and the consequences of their actions. 4. <a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a> The southern kingdom of Israel, where these idolatrous practices were taking place, leading to God's impending judgment. 5. <a href="/topical/i/idolatry.htm">Idolatry</a> The central event and sin being addressed, where the people of Judah are engaging in worship practices that provoke God's anger.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_idolatry.htm">The Danger of Idolatry</a> Idolatry is not just the worship of physical idols but anything that takes the place of God in our lives. We must examine our hearts for modern-day idols. <a href="/topical/f/family_influence.htm">Family Influence</a> The passage shows how entire families were involved in idolatry. It is crucial for families to lead each other towards God, not away from Him. <a href="/topical/p/provoking_god_to_anger.htm">Provoking God to Anger</a> Our actions can provoke God to anger when we turn away from Him. We must strive to live in obedience and reverence. <a href="/topical/c/cultural_pressures.htm">Cultural Pressures</a> Just as the Israelites were influenced by surrounding cultures, we must be vigilant against cultural pressures that lead us away from God. <a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_return.htm">Repentance and Return</a> The call to turn away from idolatry is also a call to repentance and returning to God, who is gracious and forgiving.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_7.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 7</a> <a href="/q/is_mary_called_queen_of_heaven.htm">Is Mary referred to as the Queen of Heaven?</a> <a href="/q/what's_hebron's_role_in_the_bible.htm">What were fertility cults in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/how_does_jer._7_22-23_align_with_leviticus.htm">Jeremiah 7:22–23: How does God denying He commanded sacrifices align with earlier laws in Leviticus that clearly mandate offerings?</a> <a href="/q/what_were_fertility_cults_in_the_bible.htm">What were fertility cults in the Bible?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/7.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(18) The queen of heaven.--The goddess thus described was a kind of Assyrian Artemis, identified with the moon, and connected with the symbolic worship of the reproductive powers of Nature. Its ritual probably resembled that of the Babylonian Aphrodite, Mylitta, the mother-goddess, in its impurities (Herod. i. 199; Bar 6:43), and thus provoked the burning indignation of the prophet here and in <a href="/jeremiah/44-19.htm" title="And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured out drink offerings to her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and pour out drink offerings to her, without our men?">Jeremiah 44:19</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/44-25.htm" title="Thus said the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying; You and your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and fulfilled with your hand, saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings to her: you will surely accomplish your vows, and surely perform your vows.">Jeremiah 44:25</a>. The word rendered "cakes," and found only in connection with this worship, was clearly a technical term, and probably of foreign origin. Cakes of a like kind, made of flour and honey, round like the full moon, and known, therefore, as selence or "moons," were offered, like the Minchah or meat-offerings in the Mosaic ritual, the Neideh in the Egyptian worship of the goddess Neith, at Athens to Artemis, and in Sicily to Hecate (Theocr., Idylls, ii. 33). The worship of Ashtoreth (Milton speaks of her as "Astarte, Queen of Heaven, with crescent horn "), though of kindred nature, was not identical with that of the Queen of Heaven, that name signifying a star, and being identified with the planet Venus. A various reading gives, as in the margin, "the frame of heaven."<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/7.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 18. - The children... the fathers... the women. All ages were represented in this idolatrous act, thus justifying the sweeping character of the judgment as described in <a href="/jeremiah/6-11.htm">Jeremiah 6:11</a>. Cakes (comp. <a href="/jeremiah/44-19.htm">Jeremiah 44:19</a>). The word is peculiar (kavvanim), and perhaps entered Palestine together with the foreign rite to which the cakes belonged. Various conjectures have been offered as to their nature, but without any demonstrable ground. Sacrificial cakes were not uncommon. Hosea refers to the luscious raisin-cakes used by idolaters (<a href="/hosea/3-1.htm">Hosea 3:1</a>). To the queen of heaven. This title of a divinity only occurs in Jeremiah (here and in <a href="/jeremiah/44-17.htm">Jeremiah 44:17-19, 25</a>). It reminds us, first, of titles (such as "queen of the gods") of the Babylonic-Assyrian goddesses, Bilat (Beltis) and Istar, who, though divided in later times, were "originally but two forms of the same goddess" (Sayce, Transactions of Society of Biblical Archaeology, 3:169). It is, however, perhaps an objection to the view that Bilat or Istar is intended, that neither here nor in <a href="/jeremiah/44.htm">Jeremiah 44</a>. is there any allusion to that characteristic lascivious custom which was connected in Babylonia with the worship of Istar (Herod., 1:199). The phrase has, however, another association. It reminds us, in the second place, of the Egyptian goddess Neith, "the mother of the gods." The first mention of "the queen of heaven" in Jeremiah occurs in the reign of Jehoiakim, who was placed on the throne by Pharaoh-Necho, one of the Saite dynasty (Says was the seat of the worship of Neith). If the "queen of heaven" were a Babylonic-Assyrian goddess, we should have looked for the introduction of her cultus at an earlier period (e.g. under Ahaz). But it was in accordance with the principles of polytheism (and the mass of the Jews had an irresistible tendency to polytheism), to adopt the patron-deity of the suzerain. Subsequently Judah became the subject of Nebuchadnezzar; thus it was equally natural to give up the worship of an Egyptian deity. Jewish colonists in Migdol would as naturally revert to the cultus of the Egyptian "mother of the gods" (see Gratz, 'Monatsschrift,' Breslau, 1874, pp. 349-351). The form of the word rendered "queen" being very uncommon, another reading, pronounced in the same way, obtained currency. This should be rendered, not "frame," or "workmanship" (as Authorized Version, margin), but "service." The context, however, evidently requires a person. <a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/7-18.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>The sons הַבָּנִ֞ים (hab·bā·nîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> A son gather מְלַקְּטִ֣ים (mə·laq·qə·ṭîm) Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3950.htm">Strong's 3950: </a> To pick up, to gather, to glean wood, עֵצִ֗ים (‘ê·ṣîm) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6086.htm">Strong's 6086: </a> Tree, trees, wood the fathers וְהָֽאָבוֹת֙ (wə·hā·’ā·ḇō·wṯ) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1.htm">Strong's 1: </a> Father light מְבַעֲרִ֣ים (mə·ḇa·‘ă·rîm) Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1197.htm">Strong's 1197: </a> To kindle, consume, to be, brutish the fire, הָאֵ֔שׁ (hā·’êš) Article | Noun - common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_784.htm">Strong's 784: </a> A fire and the women וְהַנָּשִׁ֖ים (wə·han·nā·šîm) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_802.htm">Strong's 802: </a> Woman, wife, female knead לָשׁ֣וֹת (lā·šō·wṯ) Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3888.htm">Strong's 3888: </a> To knead the dough בָּצֵ֑ק (bā·ṣêq) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1217.htm">Strong's 1217: </a> Dough (for cooking) to make לַעֲשׂ֨וֹת (la·‘ă·śō·wṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> To do, make cakes כַּוָּנִ֜ים (kaw·wā·nîm) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3561.htm">Strong's 3561: </a> Something prepared, a sacrificial wafer for the Queen לִמְלֶ֣כֶת (lim·le·ḵeṯ) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4446.htm">Strong's 4446: </a> A queen of Heaven; הַשָּׁמַ֗יִם (haš·šā·ma·yim) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8064.htm">Strong's 8064: </a> Heaven, sky they pour out וְהַסֵּ֤ךְ (wə·has·sêḵ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5258.htm">Strong's 5258: </a> To pour out, a libation, to cast, to anoint a, king drink offerings נְסָכִים֙ (nə·sā·ḵîm) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5262.htm">Strong's 5262: </a> A libation, a cast idol to other אֲחֵרִ֔ים (’ă·ḥê·rîm) Adjective - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_312.htm">Strong's 312: </a> Hinder, next, other gods לֵאלֹהִ֣ים (lê·lō·hîm) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative to לְמַ֖עַן (lə·ma·‘an) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4616.htm">Strong's 4616: </a> Purpose -- intent provoke Me to anger. הַכְעִסֵֽנִי׃ (haḵ·‘i·sê·nî) Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3707.htm">Strong's 3707: </a> To trouble, to grieve, rage, be indignant <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/7-18.htm">Jeremiah 7:18 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/7-18.htm">Jeremiah 7:18 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/jeremiah/7-18.htm">Jeremiah 7:18 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/7-18.htm">Jeremiah 7:18 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/7-18.htm">Jeremiah 7:18 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/7-18.htm">Jeremiah 7:18 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/7-18.htm">Jeremiah 7:18 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/7-18.htm">Jeremiah 7:18 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/7-18.htm">Jeremiah 7:18 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/jeremiah/7-18.htm">Jeremiah 7:18 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-18.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 7:18 The children gather wood and the fathers (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/7-17.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 7:17"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 7:17" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/7-19.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 7:19"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 7:19" /></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>