Jeremiah 7:18
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.
Cross-reference
Jeremiah 19:13 condemns burning incense to the host of heaven and pouring drink offerings, directly echoing this passage's idolatry.
Jeremiah 32:29 mentions burning incense to other gods and pouring drink offerings, reinforcing the same pattern of false worship.
Jeremiah 44:17-19 describes the same queen of heaven worship with cakes and drink offerings, showing the persistence of this idolatry.
In Jeremiah 44:25, the people vow to continue offerings to the queen of heaven, directly continuing the practice described here.
Jeremiah 17:2 has children remembering altars and Asherim, echoing the family involvement in idol worship seen in 7:18.
Jeremiah 44:9 recalls the evil of making offerings to other gods, directly continuing the queen of heaven context from 7:18.
Jeremiah 44:19 explicitly mentions making cakes for the queen of heaven—identical practice and wording as in 7:18.
Deuteronomy 4:19 warns against worshiping the sun, moon, and stars — the 'host of heaven' — which is the astral worship condemned here.
Deuteronomy 32:38 mocks idols that ate the fat and drank the wine of drink offerings — directly paralleling the drink offerings here.
Job 31:26-28 describes the sin of secretly worshiping the sun or moon by kissing the hand, a parallel example of astral idolatry.
Psalm 16:4 rejects drink offerings to other gods and multiplies sorrow for those who pursue them, echoing this rejection of idolatry.
Isaiah 65:3 portrays people provoking God to his face with idolatrous sacrifices, mirroring the queen of heaven worship.
Isaiah 65:11 condemns setting a table and filling cups for the pagan gods Fortune and Destiny — parallel to preparing cakes and drink offerings.
Ezekiel 20:28 recounts Israel pouring drink offerings on high hills under leafy trees, the same kind of idolatrous worship.
In Hosea 2:8, Israel used God's grain, wine, and oil for Baal—same ingratitude as using resources for the queen of heaven here.
Isaiah 57:6 describes pouring drink offerings to idols among stones, a similar act of false worship in a different setting.