"Behold, my anger and my wrath"

Israel Museum, Jerusalem

"As for you, do not pray for this people, or lift up cry or prayer for them, and do not intercede with me, for I do not hear you. Do you not see what they are doing in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? The children gather wood, the fathers kindle fire, and the women knead dough, to make cakes for the queen of heaven. . . ."

     Jer 7:16-18a RSV.