Jer 44:15-17 | ESV | STEP | Then all the men who knew that their wives had made offerings to other gods , and all the women who stood by , a great assembly , all the people who lived in Pathros in the land of Egypt , answered Jeremiah :

‏ Jeremiah 44:15-17

15 Then all the men who knew that ^atheir wives had made offerings to other gods, and all the women who stood by, a great assembly, all the people who lived in ^bPathros in the land of Egypt, answered Jeremiah: 16 “As for the word that you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord, ^cwe will not listen to you. 17 ^dBut we will do everything that we have vowed, make offerings to ^ethe queen of heaven ^fand pour out drink offerings to her, ^gas we did, both we and our fathers, our kings and our officials, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. For then we had plenty of food, and prospered, and saw no disaster.