Jeremiah 7:18
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“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.”
עֵץ
Tree. Ets. A tree planted by rivers of water. The righteous person is like a tree with deep roots in God's word, bearing fruit in season and never withering.
מַעַן
so as
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מַעַן
properly, heed, i.e. purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that
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לָקַט
are gathering
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לָקַט
properly, to pick up, i.e. (generally) to gather; specifically, to glean
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בָּעַר
are kindling
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בָּעַר
to kindle, i.e. consume (by fire or by eating); to be(-come) brutish
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כַּעַס
to provoke to anger/ me
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כַּעַס
to trouble; by implication, to grieve, rage, be indignant
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כַּוָּן
cakes
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כַּוָּן
something prepared, i.e. a sacrificial wafer
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בָּצֵק
dough
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בָּצֵק
dough (as swelling by fermentation)
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נֶסֶךְ
drink offerings
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נֶסֶךְ
a libation; also a cast idol
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לוּשׁ
are kneading
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לוּשׁ
to knead
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