Jeremiah 7:17 — Meaning and Application

And I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your brethren, {even} the whole seed of Ephraim.

Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me: for I will not hear thee.

Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?

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. {queen...: or, frame, or, workmanship of heaven}

Do they provoke me to anger? saith the LORD: {do they} not {provoke} themselves to the confusion of their own faces?