Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: You and your wives have declared with your mouths, and have fulfilled it with your hands, saying, `We will surely perform our vows that we have made, to burn incense to the queen of heaven and to pour out libations to her.' Then confirm your vows and perform your vows!
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Earnest as the preceding expostulation was, Jeremiah sees that it has produced no effect. He therefore utters his last warning, and with this last …

Hear the word of the Lord ... —The appeal to the experience of the past is followed by a prediction of the future, addressed to the wives …

Jeremiah pursues the same subject, and not only bitterly reproves the ungodly men who so persistently despised his doctrine, but also shows that th…

Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel. Which is an usual preface to prophecies coming from him: sayi…

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