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.
But ever since we stopped burning incense to the queen of heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, we've been lacking everything we need, and we've been destroyed by war and starvation.
They blamed their problems on abandoning their false gods instead of recognizing the real issue.
📚 Historical Context
In the book of Jeremiah, the prophet is speaking to the Jewish people who had fled to Egypt after the fall of Jerusalem, where they faced ongoing hardships due to their disobedience to God. They wrongly attributed their suffering, such as famine and war, to stopping the worship of the "queen of heaven," a pagan deity like Ishtar, instead of recognizing this as part of God's judgment for their idolatry. This reflects the broader historical pattern of Judah's unfaithfulness, which led to exile and repeated calamities as warned by the prophets.
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