14. So just as I destroyed Shiloh, I will now destroy this Temple that bears my name, this Temple that you trust in for help, this place that I gave to you and your ancestors.
15. And I will send you out of my sight into exile, just as I did your relatives, the people of Israel.’
16. “Pray no more for these people, Jeremiah. Do not weep or pray for them, and don’t beg me to help them, for I will not listen to you.
17. Don’t you see what they are doing throughout the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
18. No wonder I am so angry! Watch how the children gather wood and the fathers build sacrificial fires. See how the women knead dough and make cakes to offer to the Queen of Heaven. And they pour out liquid offerings to their other idol gods!
19. Am I the one they are hurting?” asks the lord. “Most of all, they hurt themselves, to their own shame.”