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Jeremiah 2:28
And where are your gods which you have made for yourself? Will they arise and save [you] in the time of your affliction? For according to the number of your cities were your gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem they sacrificed to Baal.
Jeremiah 44:17-27
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For we will surely perform every word that shall proceed out of our mouth, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour drink offerings to her, as we and our fathers have done, and our kings and princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem. And [so] we were filled with bread, and were well, and saw no evils.
18
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.
19
And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured drink offerings to her, did we make cakes to her, and pour drink offerings to her, without our husbands?
20
Then Jeremiah answered all the people, the mighty men, and the women, and all the people that returned him [these] words for an answer, saying,
21
Did not the Lord remember the incense which you burned in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem- you, and your fathers, and your kings, and your princes, and the people of the land? Did it not enter into His heart?
22
And the Lord could no longer bear [you], because of the wickedness of your doings, and because of your abominations which you wrought; and so your land became a desolation and a waste, and a curse, as it is this day.
23
Because of your burning incense, and [because] of the things in which you sinned against the Lord. And you have not hearkened to the voice of the Lord, and have not walked in His ordinances, and in His law, and in His testimonies; and so these evils have come upon you.
24
And Jeremiah said to the people, and to the women, Hear the word of the Lord.
25
Thus says the Lord God of Israel; You women have spoken with your mouth, and you have fulfilled [it] with your hands, saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour drink offerings to her. Full well did you keep to your vows, and you have indeed performed [them].
26
Therefore hear the word of the Lord, all [you] Jews dwelling in the land of Egypt: Behold, I have sworn by My great name, says the Lord, My name shall no longer be in the mouth of every Jew to say, The Lord lives, in all the land of Egypt.
27
For I have watched over them, to hurt them, and not to do them good. And all the Jews dwelling in the land of Egypt shall perish by sword and by famine, until they are utterly consumed.
Deuteronomy 32:37
And the Lord said, Where are their gods on whom they trusted?
Judges 10:14
Go, and cry to the gods whom you have chosen to yourselves, and let them save you in the time of your affliction.
2 Chronicles 28:22
but only [troubled him] in his affliction. And he departed yet again from the Lord, and King Ahaz said,
Isaiah 45:20
Assemble yourselves and come; take counsel together, you that escape from the nations. They that set up wood, [even] their graven image, have no knowledge, nor do they who pray to gods that do not save.