Jeremiah 7:18 NASB95
"The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead dough to make cakes for the
queen of heaven; and [they] pour out drink offerings to other gods in order to spite Me.
Jeremiah 44:17 NASB95
"But rather we will certainly carry out every word that has proceeded from our mouths, by burning sacrifices to the
queen of heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, just as we ourselves, our forefathers, our kings and our princes did in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; for [then] we had plenty of food and were well off and saw no misfortune.
Jeremiah 44:18 NASB95
"But since we stopped burning sacrifices to the
queen of heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked everything and have met our end by the sword and by famine."
Jeremiah 44:19 NASB95
"And," [said the women,] "when we were burning sacrifices to the
queen of heaven and were pouring out drink offerings to her, was it without our husbands that we made for her [sacrificial] cakes in her image and poured out drink offerings to her?"
Jeremiah 44:25 NASB95
thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, as follows: 'As for you and your wives, you have spoken with your mouths and fulfilled [it] with your hands, saying, "We will certainly perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn sacrifices to the
queen of heaven and pour out drink offerings to her." Go ahead and confirm your vows, and certainly perform your vows!'
queen is translation of milkōṯ - Strong's H4446
cake is translation of kaûān - Strong's H3561 - probably Babylonian loan-word, from kamânu, cake used in worship of Ištar
Queen Of Heaven - Dr. Michael Heiser