Jeremiah 44:25
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying; Ye 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 unto her: ye will surely accomplish your vows, and surely perform your vows.Jeremiah 44:25 in the real world
Who
In what words
- מְלֶכֶתmᵉleketha queen
- נָסַךְnâçakto pour out, especially a libation, or to cast (metal); by analogy, to anoint aking
- נָדַרnâdarto promise (pos., to do or give something to God)
- נֶסֶךְneçeka libation; also a cast idol
- נֶדֶרnedera promise (to God); also (concretely) a thing promised
- קָטַרqâṭarto smoke, i.e. turn into fragrance by fire (especially as an act of worship)
- מָלֵאmâlêʼto fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
- שָׁמַיִםshâmayimthe sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move,
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Mat 14:9, Isa 28:15, Jas 1:14–15, Jer 44:15–19, Act 23:12–15, Job 34:22, Ezk 20:39, Jud 1:13