KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
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“The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “The children” | הַבָּנִ֞ים | A son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.) | children |
| “gather” | מְלַקְּטִ֣ים | Properly, to pick up, i.e., (generally) to gather; specifically, to glean | gather |
| “wood,” | עֵצִ֗ים | A tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks) | wood |
| “and the fathers” | וְהָֽאָבוֹת֙ | Father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application | fathers |
| “kindle” | מְבַעֲרִ֣ים | To kindle, i.e., consume (by fire or by eating) | kindle |
| “the fire,” | הָאֵ֔שׁ | Fire (literally or figuratively) | fire |
| “and the women” | וְהַנָּשִׁ֖ים | A woman | women |
| “knead” | לָשׁ֣וֹת | To knead | knead |
| “their” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “dough,” | בָּצֵ֑ק | Dough (as swelling by fermentation) | dough |
| “to make” | לַעֲשׂ֨וֹת | To do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application | make |
| “cakes” | כַּוָּנִ֜ים | Something prepared, i.e., a sacrificial wafer | cakes |
| “to the queen” | לִמְלֶ֣כֶת | A queen | queen |
| “of heaven,” | הַשָּׁמַ֗יִם | The sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve) | heaven |
| “and to pour out” | וְהַסֵּ֤ךְ | To pour out, especially a libation, or to cast (metal); by analogy, to anoint a king | pour out |
| “drink offerings” | נְסָכִים֙ | A libation; also a cast idol | drink offerings |
| “unto other” | אֲחֵרִ֔ים | Properly, hinder; generally, next, other, etc | other |
| “gods,” | לֵאלֹהִ֣ים | Gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative | gods |
| “that” | לְמַ֖עַן | Properly, heed, i.e., purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that | that |
| “they may provoke me to anger.” | הַכְעִסֵֽנִי׃ | To trouble; by implication, to grieve, rage, be indignant | provoke anger |
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16 Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me: for I will not hear thee.
17 Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
18 The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.
19 Do they provoke me to anger? saith the Lord: do they not provoke themselves to the confusion of their own faces?
20 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, mine anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.
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