Jeremiah 44:17
Instead, we will do everything we have promised: we will burn incense to the queen of heaven and pour out drink offerings to her, just as we and our ancestors, our kings and our officials did in the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem. Back then we had plenty of food, we were well off, and we saw no disaster.
Treated in 6 passages across the library.
Where it is preached
- The Ten Commandments ·
3.1 Man's Inability to keep the Moral Law cites Jer 44: 17
…will do whatsoever goes out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven.’ Jer 44: 17. II. As the unregenerate cannot keep the moral law perfectly, so neither can the…
- The Ten Commandments ·
4.3 The Word cites Jer 44: 17
…sins, let the word say what it will. ‘We will burn incense unto the queen of heaven.’ Jer 44: 17. O take heed of this! If you would have the word preached effectually, lay aside…
- A Body of Divinity ·
The Covenant of Works cites Jer 44:17
…do whatsoever proceedeth out of our own mouth, to burn incense to the queen of heaven.’ Jer 44:17. Sin strikes at the very Deity; Peccatum est Deicidium. [Sin is God’s would-be murderer].…
- A Body of Divinity ·
Original Sin cites Jer 44:17
…crosses God’s will, to fulfil his own. ‘We will burn incense to the queen of heaven.’ Jer 44:17. There is a rooted enmity in the will against holiness; it is like an iron sinew, it…
- A Body of Divinity ·
Man's Misery by the Fall cites Jer 44:17
…has got your hearts, and him ye will obey. ‘We will burn incense to the queen of heaven.’ Jer 44:17. When the devil spurs a sinner by a temptation, he will over hedge and ditch break all…
- A Body of Divinity ·
Christ's Prophetic Office cites Jer 44:17
…will do whatsoever goeth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven.’ Jer 44:17. Men come as it were, armed in a coat of mail that the sword of the word will not enter…