H6999H–קָטַר–qa.tar

My sons, be not now negligent; for the LORD hath chosen you to stand before Him, to minister unto Him, and that ye should be His ministers, and offer unto Him.'

וּמַקְטִרִֽים׃ (מַקְטִרִֽים) mak.ti.Rim “makers of smoke”

Hath not the same Hezekiah taken away His high places and His altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying: Ye shall worship before one altar, and upon it shall ye offer?

תַּקְטִֽירוּ׃ tak.Ti.ru “you will make smoke”

because they have forsaken Me, and have offered unto other gods, that they might provoke Me with all the works of their hands; therefore is My wrath poured out upon this place, and it shall not be quenched.

וַֽיְקַטְּרוּ֙ (יְקַטְּרוּ֙) i.yak.ti.ru “they have made smoke”

A people that provoke Me to My face continually, that sacrifice in gardens, and burn incense upon bricks;

וּֽמְקַטְּרִ֖ים (מְקַטְּרִ֖ים) me.ka.te.Rim “[who] make smoke”

Your own iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith the LORD, that have offered upon the mountains, and blasphemed Me upon the hills; therefore will I first measure their wage into their bosom.

קִטְּרוּ֙ ki.te.Ru “they made smoke”

And I will utter My judgments against them touching all their wickedness; in that they have forsaken me, and have offered unto other gods, and worshipped the work of their own hands.

וַֽיְקַטְּרוּ֙ (יְקַטְּרוּ֙) y.ka.te.Ru “they have made smoke”

Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and offer unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye have not known,

וְקַטֵּ֣ר (קַטֵּ֣ר) ka.Ter “will you make smoke?”

Then shall the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem go and cry unto the gods unto whom they offer; but they shall not save them at all in the time of their trouble.

מְקַטְּרִ֖ים me.ka.te.Rim “[are] making smoke”

For according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to the shameful thing, even altars to offer unto Baal.

לְקַטֵּ֥ר (קַטֵּ֥ר) ka.Ter “make smoke”

For the LORD of hosts, that planted thee, hath pronounced evil against thee, because of the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have wrought for themselves in provoking Me by offering unto Baal.

לְקַטֵּ֥ר (קַטֵּ֥ר) ka.Ter “making smoke”

For My people hath forgotten Me, they offer unto vanity; and they have been made to stumble in their ways, in the ancient paths, to walk in bypaths, in a way not cast up;

יְקַטֵּ֑רוּ ye.ka.Te.ru “they make smoke”

because they have forsaken Me, and have estranged this place, and have offered in it unto other gods, whom neither they nor their fathers have known, nor the kings of Judah; and have filled this place with the blood of innocents;

וַיְקַטְּרוּ־ (יְקַטְּרוּ) y.ka.te.ru- “they have made smoke”

and the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, which are defiled, shall be as the place of Topheth, even all the houses upon whose roofs they have offered unto all the host of heaven, and have poured out drink-offerings unto other god

קִטְּר֜וּ ki.te.Ru “people made smoke”

because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke Me, in that they went to offer, and to serve other gods, whom they knew not, neither they, nor ye, nor your fathers.

לְקַטֵּ֔ר (קַטֵּ֔ר) ka.Ter “make smoke”

But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to forbear offering unto other gods.

קַטֵּ֖ר ka.Ter “to make smoke”

in that ye provoke Me with the works of your hands, offering unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye are gone to sojourn; that ye may be cut off, and that ye may be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?

לְקַטֵּ֞ר (קַטֵּ֞ר) ka.Ter “making smoke”

Then all the men who knew that their wives offered unto other gods, and all the women that stood by, a great assembly, even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying:

מְקַטְּר֤וֹת me.ka.te.Rot “[were] making smoke”

But we will certainly perform every word that is gone forth out of our mouth, to offer unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings unto her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the

לְקַטֵּ֞ר (קַטֵּ֞ר) ka.Ter “make smoke”

But since we let off to offer 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.

לְקַטֵּ֨ר (קַטֵּ֨ר) ka.Ter “make smoke”

And is it we that offer to the queen of heaven, and pour out drink-offerings unto her? did we make her cakes in her image, and pour out drink-offerings unto her, without our husbands?'

מְקַטְּרִים֙ me.ka.te.Rim “[were] making smoke”

'The offering that ye offered in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, ye and your fathers, your kings and your princes, and the people of the land, did not the LORD remember them, and came it not into His mind?

קִטַּרְתֶּ֜ם ki.tar.Tem “you made smoke”

Because ye have offered, and because ye have sinned against the LORD, and have not hearkened to the voice of the LORD, nor walked in His law, nor in His statutes, nor in His testimonies; therefore this evil is happened unto you, as at this day.'

קִטַּרְתֶּ֜ם ki.tar.Tem “you made smoke”

Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying: Ye and your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and with your hands have fulfilled it, saying: We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to offer to the queen of heaven, and to pour

לְקַטֵּר֙ (קַטֵּר֙) ka.Ter “make smoke”

Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab, saith the LORD, him that offereth in the high place, and him that offereth to his gods.

וּמַקְטִ֖יר (מַקְטִ֖יר) mak.Tir “[one who] makes smoke”

And I will visit upon her the days of the Baalim, wherein she offered unto them, and decked herself with her ear-rings and her jewels, and went after her lovers, and forgot Me, saith the LORD.

תַּקְטִ֣יר tak.Tir “she made smoke”