Thematic Bible: Libations
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The houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah will be defiled like the place Topheth, because of all the houses on whose rooftops they burned sacrifices to all the heavenly host and poured out drink offerings to other gods.”’”
The Chaldeans who are fighting against this city will enter and set this city on fire and burn it, with the houses where people have offered incense to Baal on their roofs and poured out drink offerings to other gods to provoke Me to anger.
The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead dough to make cakes for the queen of heaven; and they pour out drink offerings to other gods in order to spite Me.
“And,” said the women, “when we were burning sacrifices to the queen of heaven and were pouring out drink offerings to her, was it without our husbands that we made for her sacrificial cakes in her image and poured out drink offerings to her?”
Who forget My
Who set a table for
And who fill cups with mixed wine for
When I had brought them into the land which I swore to give to them, then they saw every high hill and every leafy tree, and they offered there their sacrifices and there they presented the provocation of their offering. There also they made their soothing aroma and there they poured out their drink offerings.
Is your portion,
Even to them you have
You have made a grain offering.
Shall I
But rather we will certainly carry out every word that has proceeded from our mouths, by burning sacrifices to the queen of heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, just as we ourselves, our forefathers, our kings and our princes did in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; for then we had plenty of food and were well off and saw no misfortune.
thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, as follows: ‘As for you and your wives, you have spoken with your mouths and fulfilled it with your hands, saying, “We will certainly perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn sacrifices to the queen of heaven and pour out drink offerings to her.” Go ahead and confirm your vows, and certainly perform your vows!’
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- Alcohol
- Altars, Pagan
- Anger Of God, Consequences
- Burning Jerusalem
- Cakes
- Different Gods
- Dough
- False Religion
- Firewood
- Food For Other gods
- Host Of Heaven
- Incense Offered Amiss
- Kneading Dough
- Like Creatures
- Making Cereal Offerings And Libations
- Provoking God
- Queens
- Rejection Of God
- Roads
- Roof
- Rooftop
- Sacrificing On The High Places
- Self Delusion
- Serving Asherah
- Shrines
- Tables
- Trust, Lack Of
- Worship At Trees
- Worshipping Material Things
- Drink offering
- Fate
- Gathering
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