Jeremiah 7:17

15 And I will cast you out of My sight, ^aas I have cast out all your brethren—^bthe whole posterity of Ephraim.

16 “Therefore ^ado not pray for this people, nor lift up a cry or prayer for them, nor make intercession to Me; ^bfor I will not hear you.

17 Do you not see what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?

18 ^aThe children gather wood, the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead dough, to make cakes for the queen of heaven; and they ^bpour out drink offerings to other gods, that they may provoke Me to anger.

19 ^aDo they provoke Me to anger?” says the Lord. “Do they not provoke themselves, to the shame of their own faces?”

Commentaries:

Barnes' Notes

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Jeremiah 7:17

The proof of the hopeless immorality of the people is this, that they worship pagan deities

(1) generally in the cities of Judah, and not in the capital only; and

(2) publicly in the streets of Jerusalem. Such public idolatry could have been practiced only in the reign of a king like Jehoiakim.

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