Jeremias 44:18

18 Mas, desde que paramos de queimar incenso à Rainha dos Céus e de derramar ofertas de bebidas a ela, nada temos tido e temos perecido pela espada e pela fome”.

Jeremias 44:18 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 44:18

But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven,
&c.] Or were restrained from it, as the Targum, through the force of the prophet's sermons, or by the authority of their governors: this Abarbinel thinks was in the times of Jehoiakim, Jehoiakim and Zedekiah; but perhaps it only regards some space of time in the latter part of Zedekiah's reign, a little before the destruction of Jerusalem, when they refrained from their idolatry; fearing the wrath of God, and what was coming upon them; though Kimchi is of opinion that they never ceased; but they would say, when any evil came upon them, it was because they ceased to burn incense to the queen of heaven, of were not so ready to it as at first: and to pour out drink offerings to her:
another part of worship they performed to her but for a while left off: and from that time they say, we have wanted all [things], and have been consumed by the sword, and
by the famine;
wanted all the necessaries of life, meat and drink, and clothing and a habitation to dwell in; and multitudes were destroyed by the sword of the king of Babylon; and others perished with famine during the siege; these evils they imputed to their cessation from idolatry, when it was the very thing that brought them on them.

Jeremias 44:18 In-Context

16 “Nós não daremos atenção à mensagem que você nos apresenta em nome do SENHOR!

17 É certo que faremos tudo o que dissemos que faríamos—queimaremos incenso à Rainha dos Céus e derramaremos ofertas de bebidas para ela, tal como fazíamos, nós e nossos antepassados, nossos reis e nossos líderes, nas cidades de Judá e nas ruas de Jerusalém. Naquela época, tínhamos fartura de comida, éramos prósperos e nada sofríamos.

18 Mas, desde que paramos de queimar incenso à Rainha dos Céus e de derramar ofertas de bebidas a ela, nada temos tido e temos perecido pela espada e pela fome”.

19 E as mulheres acrescentaram: “Quando queimávamos incenso à Rainha dos Céus e derramávamos ofertas de bebidas para ela, será que era sem o consentimento de nossos maridos que fazíamos bolos na forma da imagem dela e derramávamos as ofertas de bebidas?”

20 Então Jeremias disse a todo o povo, tanto aos homens como às mulheres que estavam respondendo a ele: