The Jews also contended: “From the time that we ceased to make sacrificial smoke to the ‘ queen of the heavens ’ and pour out drink offerings to her we have lacked everything, and by the sword and by the famine we have come to our finish. ” ​ — Jeremiah 44: 18.
वहाँ जाकर, वे झूठे देवी - देवताओं को बलि चढ़ाने लगे । यिर्मयाह ने इन गद्दार यहूदियों को बहुत समझाया मगर वे अड़े रहे ।