16. “And you, do not pray for this people, nor lift up a cry or prayer for them, nor make intercession to Me, for I do not hear you.
17. “Do you not see what they are doing in the cities of Yehuḏah and in the streets of Yerushalayim?
18. “The children are gathering wood, the fathers are lighting the fire, and the women are kneading their dough, to make cakes for the sovereigness of the heavens, and to pour out drink offerings to other mighty ones, to provoke Me.
19. “Is it Me they are provoking?” declares יהוה. “Is it not themselves – unto the shame of their own faces?”