But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.
Since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven ... we have wanted all things, and have been consumed. They impute their calamities to their service of God; but these are often marks of His favour, not of wrath, to do His people good at their latter end (Deuteronomy 8:16.)