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Jeremiah 44

Jer. 44:18 KJV (With Strong’s)

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But since we left off
chadal (Hebrew #2308)
properly, to be flabby, i.e. (by implication) desist; (figuratively) be lacking or idle
KJV usage: cease, end, fall, forbear, forsake, leave (off), let alone, rest, be unoccupied, want.
Pronounce: khaw-dal'
Origin: a primitive root
to burn incense
qatar (Hebrew #6999)
to smoke, i.e. turn into fragrance by fire (especially as an act of worship)
KJV usage: burn (incense, sacrifice) (upon), (altar for) incense, kindle, offer (incense, a sacrifice).
Pronounce: kaw-tar'
Origin: a primitive root (identical with 7000 through the idea of fumigation in a close place and perhaps thus driving out the occupants)
to the queen
mleketh (Hebrew #4446)
a queen
KJV usage: queen.
Pronounce: mel-eh'-keth
Origin: from 4427
of heaven
shamayim (Hebrew #8064)
from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
KJV usage: air, X astrologer, heaven(-s).
Pronounce: shaw-mah'-yim
Origin: dual of an unused singular shameh {shaw-meh'}
, and to pour out
nacak (Hebrew #5258)
to pour out, especially a libation, or to cast (metal); by analogy, to anoint a king
KJV usage: cover, melt, offer, (cause to) pour (out), set (up).
Pronounce: naw-sak'
Origin: a primitive root
drink offerings
necek (Hebrew #5262)
from 5258; a libation; also a cast idol
KJV usage: cover, drink offering, molten image.
Pronounce: neh'-sek
Origin: or necek {nay'-sek}
unto her, we have wanted
chacer (Hebrew #2637)
to lack; by implication, to fail, want, lessen
KJV usage: be abated, bereave, decrease, (cause to) fail, (have) lack, make lower, want.
Pronounce: khaw-sare'
Origin: a primitive root
all things, and have been consumed
tamam (Hebrew #8552)
to complete, in a good or a bad sense, literal, or figurative, transitive or intransitive (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, cease, be clean (pass-)ed, consume, have done, (come to an, have an, make an) end, fail, come to the full, be all gone, X be all here, be (make) perfect, be spent, sum, be (shew self) upright, be wasted, whole.
Pronounce: taw-mam'
Origin: a primitive root
by the sword
chereb (Hebrew #2719)
drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
KJV usage: axe, dagger, knife, mattock, sword, tool.
Pronounce: kheh'-reb
Origin: from 2717
and by the famine
ra`ab (Hebrew #7458)
hunger (more or less extensive)
KJV usage: dearth, famine, + famished, hunger.
Pronounce: raw-awb'
Origin: from 7456
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Drink Offerings,
Famine,
Heaven,
Incense,
Offering; Offering Up,
Queen of Heaven,
Sword

Cross References

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we have.
Jer. 40:12• 12even all the Jews returned out of all places whither they were driven, and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah, unto Mizpah, and gathered wine and summer fruits very much. (Jer. 40:12)
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Num. 11:5‑6• 5{i}We remember the fish that we ate in Egypt for nothing; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic;{/i}
 6{i}and now our soul is dried up: there is nothing at all but the manna before our eyes.{/i} (Num. 11:5‑6)
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Job 21:14‑15• 14Yet they say to God, Depart from us,{HR}For we desired not the knowledge of thy ways:
 15What [is] the Almighty that we should serve him?{HR}And what profit have we if we meet him? (Job 21:14‑15)
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Psa. 73:9‑15• 9They set their mouth in the heavens,{HR}And their tongue walketh in the earth.
 10Therefore his people turn hither,{HR}And waters of fullness are wrung out to them.
 11And they say, How should God (El) know?{HR}And is there knowledge in the Most High?
 12Behold, these [are] wicked and prosperous forever;{HR}They increase in substance.
 13Truly in vain I have cleansed my heart{HR}And washed my hands in innocency;
 14And I was smitten all the day,{HR}And my rebuking [is] at the mornings.
 15If I have said, I will declare thus, behold,{HR}I have offended the generation of thy sons. (Psa. 73:9‑15)
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Mal. 3:13‑15• 13Your words have been stout against me, saith Jehovah. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee?
 14Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before Jehovah of hosts?
 15And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered. (Mal. 3:13‑15)

J. N. Darby Translation

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But since we left off burning incense to the queen of the heavens, and pouring out drink-offerings to her, we have wanted everything, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.

W. Kelly Translation

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But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.