Holy Scripture
Jeremiah 7:17
A church father on this verse
“You will find at least in the book of Jeremiah the words of God censuring by the mouth of the prophet the Jewish people for doing obeisance to such objects and for sacrificing to the queen of heaven and to all the host of heaven. The writings of the Christians, moreover, show, in censuring the sins committed among the…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
17Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem?
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15And I will cast you out of my sight, as I cast away your brethren, all the seed of Ephraim.
16Therefore pray not thou for this people, and intercede not for them to be pitied, yea, pray not, and approach me not for them: for I will not hearken unto thee.
— Jeremiah 7:17 —
18Their children gather wood, and their fathers kindle a fire, and their women knead dough, to make cakes to the host of heaven; and they have poured out drink offerings to strange gods, that they might provoke me to anger.
19Do they provoke me to anger? saith the Lord: do they not provoke themselves, that their faces may be ashamed?