Jeremiah 44:16-23

“As for the word you spoke to us in the name of the Lord, we are not going to listen to you! Instead, we will do everything we promised:  we will burn incense to the queen of heaven  and offer drink offerings to her just as we, our ancestors, our kings, and our officials did in Judah’s cities  and in Jerusalem’s streets. Then we had enough food, we were well off, and we saw no disaster, but from the time we ceased to burn incense to the queen of heaven and to offer her drink offerings, we have lacked everything, and through sword and famine we have met our end.”  And the women said,  “When we burned incense to the queen of heaven and poured out drink offerings to her, was it apart from our husbands’ knowledge  that we made sacrificial cakes in her image and poured out drink offerings to her? ” But Jeremiah responded to all the people — the men, women, and all the people who were answering him: “As for the incense you burned in Judah’s cities  and in Jerusalem’s streets — you, your ancestors, your kings, your officials, and the people of the land — did the Lord not remember them? He brought this to mind. The Lord can no longer bear your evil deeds and the detestable acts you have committed,  so your land has become a waste, a desolation, and an example for cursing, without inhabitant, as you see today. Because you burned incense and sinned against the Lord and didn’t obey the Lord   and didn’t follow his instruction, his statutes, and his testimonies, this disaster has come to you, as you see today.”