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Jeremiah 7

Jer. 7:18 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The children
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
gather
laqat (Hebrew #3950)
properly, to pick up, i.e. (generally) to gather; specifically, to glean
KJV usage: gather (up), glean.
Pronounce: law-kat'
Origin: a primitive root
wood
`ets (Hebrew #6086)
a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
KJV usage: + carpenter, gallows, helve, + pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.
Pronounce: ates
Origin: from 6095
, and the fathers
'ab (Hebrew #1)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application)
KJV usage: chief, (fore-)father(-less), X patrimony, principal. Compare names in "Abi-".
Pronounce: awb
Origin: a primitive word
kindle
ba`ar (Hebrew #1197)
to kindle, i.e. consume (by fire or by eating); also (as denominative from 1198) to be(-come) brutish
KJV usage: be brutish, bring (put, take) away, burn, (cause to) eat (up), feed, heat, kindle, set ((on fire)), waste.
Pronounce: baw-ar'
Origin: a primitive root
the fire
'esh (Hebrew #784)
fire (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: burning, fiery, fire, flaming, hot.
Pronounce: aysh
Origin: a primitive word
, and the women
'ishshah (Hebrew #802)
irregular plural, nashiym {naw-sheem'}; a woman (used in the same wide sense as 582)
KJV usage: (adulter)ess, each, every, female, X many, + none, one, + together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
Pronounce: ish-shaw'
Origin: feminine of 376 or 582
knead
luwsh (Hebrew #3888)
to knead
KJV usage: knead.
Pronounce: loosh
Origin: a primitive root
their dough
batseq (Hebrew #1217)
dough (as swelling by fermentation)
KJV usage: dough, flour.
Pronounce: baw-tsake'
Origin: from 1216
, to make
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
cakes
kavvan (Hebrew #3561)
something prepared, i.e. a sacrificial wafer
KJV usage: cake.
Pronounce: kav-vawn'
Origin: from 3559
to the γqueen
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 other
'acher (Hebrew #312)
properly, hinder; generally, next, other, etc.
KJV usage: (an-)other man, following, next, strange.
Pronounce: akh-air'
Origin: from 309
gods
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
, that they may provoke me to anger
ka`ac (Hebrew #3707)
to trouble; by implication, to grieve, rage, be indignant
KJV usage: be angry, be grieved, take indignation, provoke (to anger, unto wrath), have sorrow, vex, be wroth.
Pronounce: kaw-as'
Origin: a primitive root
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or, frame, or, workmanship.

More on:

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Cakes,
Drink Offerings,
Fathers,
Fire,
Gods; Goddess,
Heaven,
Offering; Offering Up,
Queen of Heaven,
Woman

Cross References

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children.
Jer. 44:17‑19,25• 17But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.
 18But 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.
 19And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured out drink offerings unto her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and pour out drink offerings unto her, without our men?
 25Thus 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. (Jer. 44:17‑19,25)
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1 Cor. 10:22• 22Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he? (1 Cor. 10:22)
queen of heaven.
or, frame, or workmanship of heaven.Though several MSS. and editions have {melachath,} "workmanship," instead of {melecheth,} "queen" yet the latter reading seems the true one, as the LXX. in the parallel place, and the Vulgate uniformly have "the queen of heaven;" by which there can be little doubt, is meant the Moon.
Deut. 4:19• 19And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the Lord thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven. (Deut. 4:19)
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Job 31:26‑28• 26If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;
 27And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:
 28This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above. (Job 31:26‑28)
to pour.
Jer. 19:13• 13And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, shall be defiled as the place of Tophet, because of all the houses upon whose roofs they have burned incense unto all the host of heaven, and have poured out drink offerings unto other gods. (Jer. 19:13)
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Jer. 32:29• 29And the Chaldeans, that fight against this city, shall come and set fire on this city, and burn it with the houses, upon whose roofs they have offered incense unto Baal, and poured out drink offerings unto other gods, to provoke me to anger. (Jer. 32:29)
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Deut. 32:37‑38• 37And he shall say, Where are their gods, their rock in whom they trusted,
 38Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offerings? let them rise up and help you, and be your protection. (Deut. 32:37‑38)
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Psa. 16:4• 4Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips. (Psa. 16:4)
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Isa. 57:6• 6Among the smooth stones of the stream is thy portion; they, they are thy lot: even to them hast thou poured a drink offering, thou hast offered a meat offering. Should I receive comfort in these? (Isa. 57:6)
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Isa. 65:11• 11But ye are they that forsake the Lord, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for that troop, and that furnish the drink offering unto that number. (Isa. 65:11)
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Ezek. 20:28• 28For when I had brought them into the land, for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to them, then they saw every high hill, and all the thick trees, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation of their offering: there also they made their sweet savor, and poured out there their drink offerings. (Ezek. 20:28)
that they.
Jer. 25:7• 7Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith the Lord; that ye might provoke me to anger with the works of your hands to your own hurt. (Jer. 25:7)
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Isa. 3:8• 8For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue and their doings are against the Lord, to provoke the eyes of his glory. (Isa. 3:8)
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Isa. 65:3• 3A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick; (Isa. 65:3)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaveng, and to pour out drink-offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.

JND Translation Notes

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See ch. 8.2; Judg. 2.11,13.