Jer 44:17-19 | ESV | STEP | But we will do everything that we have vowed , make offerings to the queen of heaven and pour out drink offerings to her, as we did , both we and our fathers , our kings and our officials , in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem . For then we had plenty of food , and prospered , and saw no disaster .

a[Judg. 11:36]

b ch. 7:18

c ch. 19:13

d[1 Kgs. 11:33; 2 Kgs. 21:3]

e[See ver. 17 above]

f[Lam. 3:22]

h ch. 7:18

i[Num. 30:6, 7]

‏ Jeremiah 44:17-19

17 ^aBut we will do everything that we have vowed, make offerings to ^bthe queen of heaven ^cand pour out drink offerings to her, ^das we did, both we and our fathers, our kings and our officials, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. For then we had plenty of food, and prospered, and saw no disaster. 18 But since we left off making offerings to ^ethe queen of heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked everything ^fand have been consumed by the sword and by famine.” 19 And the women said, ^{▼▼Compare Syriac; Hebrew lacks And the women said} “When we made offerings to the queen of heaven ^hand poured out drink offerings to her, was it ⁱwithout our husbands’ approval that we made cakes for her bearing her image and poured out drink offerings to her?”