18. But since the time we stopped burning incense and offering wine sacrifices to her, we have been dying from war and hunger.
19. Then the women said, “When we lived in Judah, we worshipped the Queen of Heaven and offered sacrifices of wine and special loaves of bread shaped like her. Our husbands knew what we were doing, and they approved of it.”
20. Then I told the crowd:
21. Don't you think the Lord knew that you and your ancestors, your leaders and kings, and the rest of the people were burning incense to other gods in Jerusalem and everywhere else in Judah?
22. And when he could no longer put up with your disgusting sins, he placed a curse on your land and turned it into a desert, as it is today.