Jeremiah 7:18

Old Testament • 19 words with Strong's data

"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."

Word-by-Word Analysis

The

בֵּן

bên

H1121

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...

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קָבַץ

qâbats

H6908

to grasp, i.e. collect

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עֵץ

ʻêts

H6086

a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)

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and the

אָב

ʼâb

H1

father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application

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יָצַת

yâtsath

H3341

to burn or set on fire; figuratively, to desolate

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the

אֵשׁ

ʼêsh

H784

fire (literally or figuratively)

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and the

אִשָּׁה

ʼishshâh

H802

a woman

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לוּשׁ

lûwsh

H3888

to knead

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their

בָּצֵק

bâtsêq

H1217

dough (as swelling by fermentation)

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to

עָשָׂה

ʻâsâh

H6213

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

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חַלָּה

challâh

H2471

a cake (as usually punctured)

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to the

מַלְכָּה

malkâh

H4436

a queen

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of

שָׁמַיִם

shâmayim

H8064

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 r...

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and to

שָׁפַךְ

shâphak

H8210

to spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid, i.e. to mound up); also (figuratively) to expend (life, soul, complaint, money, etc....

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out

שָׁתָה

shâthâh

H8354

to imbibe (literally or figuratively)

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עֹלָה

ʻôlâh

H5930

a step or (collectively, stairs, as ascending); usually a holocaust (as going up in smoke)

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unto other

אֱלֹהִים

ʼĕlôhîym

H430

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...

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that they may

נָאַץ

nâʼats

H5006

to scorn;

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me to

אַף

ʼaph

H639

properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire

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Key Terms in This Verse

knead H3888

לוּשׁ lûwsh

to knead

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dough H1217

בָּצֵק bâtsêq

dough (as swelling by fermentation)

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kindle H3341

יָצַת yâtsath

to burn or set on fire; figuratively, to desolate

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cakes H2471

חַלָּה challâh

a cake (as usually punctured)

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provoke H5006

נָאַץ nâʼats

to scorn;

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queen H4436

מַלְכָּה malkâh

a queen

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pour H8210

שָׁפַךְ shâphak

to spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid, i.e. to mound up); also (figuratively) to expend (life, soul, complaint, money, etc.); intensively, to sprawl out

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wood H6086

עֵץ ʻêts

a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)

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gather H6908

קָבַץ qâbats

to grasp, i.e. collect

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women H802

אִשָּׁה ʼishshâh

a woman

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Cross References

Jeremiah 19:13 cross-reference

And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, shall be defiled as the place of Tophet, because of all the houses upon whose roofs they have burned incense unto all the host of hea...

1 Kings 14:9 cross-reference

But hast done evil above all that were before thee: for thou hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back:

1 Corinthians 10:22 cross-reference

Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?

Jeremiah 32:29 cross-reference

And the Chaldeans, that fight against this city, shall come and set fire on this city, and burn it with the houses, upon whose roofs they have offered incense unto Baal, and poured out drink offerings...

Deuteronomy 32:16 cross-reference

They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger.

1 Kings 16:2 cross-reference

Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over my people Israel; and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with...

Jeremiah 11:17 cross-reference

For the LORD of hosts, that planted thee, hath pronounced evil against thee, for the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have done against themselves to provoke me to ang...

Jeremiah 25:7 cross-reference

Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith the LORD; that ye might provoke me to anger with the works of your hands to your own hurt.

Deuteronomy 32:21 cross-reference

They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them t...

Deuteronomy 4:19 cross-reference

And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD...

Isaiah 57:6 cross-reference

Among the smooth stones of the stream is thy portion; they, they are thy lot: even to them hast thou poured a drink offering, thou hast offered a meat offering. Should I receive comfort in these?

Isaiah 65:3 cross-reference

A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick;

Isaiah 65:11 cross-reference

But ye are they that forsake the LORD, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for that troop, and that furnish the drink offering unto that number.

Isaiah 3:8 cross-reference

For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue and their doings are against the LORD, to provoke the eyes of his glory.

Psalm 16:4 cross-reference

Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips.

Ezekiel 20:28 cross-reference

For when I had brought them into the land, for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to them, then they saw every high hill, and all the thick trees, and they offered there their sacrifices, and ...

Jeremiah 44:25 cross-reference

Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying; Ye and your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and fulfilled with your hand, saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, ...

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