Study it in the app“The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead dough to make cakes for the queen of the heavens; and they pour out libations to other gods to provoke me to anger.”
The childrenהַבָּנִיםgatherמְלַקְּטִיםwood,עֵצִיםand the fathersוְהָאָבוֹתkindleמְבַעֲרִיםthe fire,אֶת הָאֵשׁand the womenוְהַנָּשִׁיםkneadלָשׁוֹתdoughבָּצֵקto makeלַעֲשׂוֹתcakesכַּוָּנִיםfor the queenלִמְלֶכֶתof the heavens;הַשָּׁמַיִםand they pour outוְהַסֵּךְlibationsנְסָכִיםto other godsלֵאלֹהִים אֲחֵרִיםto provoke me to anger.לְמַעַן הַכְעִסֵנִי
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “banim” appearsgather
To gather up from the ground or field what is scattered, to carry it away.
Where else “melaktim” appearswood
What is taken from a cut tree: firewood, board, rod or timber.
Where else “etsim” appearsfather
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avot” appearsburn
For fire to be lit, or to make something be consumed in flames.
Where else “mevaarim” appearsfire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appearswoman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “nashim” appearsknead
Knead.
Where else “lashot” appearsdough
Bread dough.
Where else “batsek” appearsprepare
To prepare food; offer a sacrifice; keep a feast.
Where else “asot” appearscake
A cake prepared as an offering (to the queen of the heavens).
Where else “kavanim” appearsqueen
Queen. In Jeremiah, "the queen of the heavens" is a goddess the people worshiped.
Where else “melechet” appearssky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” appearspour out
To offer wine or water by emptying it before God.
Where else “hasech” appearslibation
Wine or other drink poured as an offering.
Where else “nesachim” appearsgods
The gods of other peoples.
Where else “lohim” appearsother
Other, another; next.
Where else “acherim” appearsprovoke
To stir up someone's anger by what one does, like worshiping idols before YHWH.
Where else “hachise” appears“The queen of the heavens” comes back in 44:17-25.
17Do you not see what they are doing in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
18 · This verse (above)
19Is it me they provoke to anger? declares YHWH. Is it not themselves, to the shame of their own faces?
