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Hosea 4:13

They sacrifice on the mountaintops and burn offerings on the hills, under oak, poplar, and terebinth, because their shade is pleasant. And so your daughters turn to prostitution and your daughters-in-law to adultery.

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ASV

They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and terebinths, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters play the harlot, and your brides commit adultery.

KJV

They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
רָאשֵׁ֨יra.Shei[the] tops ofH7218 →
הֶהָרִ֜יםhe.ha.Rimthe mountainsH2022 →
יְזַבֵּ֗חוּye.za.Be.chuthey sacrificeH2076 →
וְעַל־ve.'al-and onH5921 →
הַגְּבָעוֹת֙ha.ge.va.'Otthe hillsH1389 →
יְקַטֵּ֔רוּye.ka.Te.ruthey make smokeH6999 →
תַּ֣חַתTa.chatunderH8478 →
אַלּ֧וֹן'a.LonoakH437 →
וְלִבְנֶ֛הve.liv.Nehand poplarH3839 →
וְאֵלָ֖הve.'e.Lahand terebinthH424 →
כִּ֣יkiforH3588 →
ט֣וֹבTov[is] goodH2896 →
צִלָּ֑הּtzi.Lahshade itsH6738 →
עַל־'al-there-H5921 →
כֵּ֗ןKen-foreH3651 →
תִּזְנֶ֙ינָה֙tiz.Nei.nahthey prostitute themselvesH2181 →
בְּנ֣וֹתֵיכֶ֔םbe.No.tei.Khemdaughters yourH1323 →
וְכַלּוֹתֵיכֶ֖םve.kha.lo.tei.Khemand brides yourH3618 →
תְּנָאַֽפְנָה׃te.na.'Af.nahthey commit adulteryH5003 →

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Jeremiah 3:6Now in the days of King Josiah, the LORD said to me, “Have you seen what faithless Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every green tree to prostitute herself there.Ezekiel 6:13Then you will know that I am the LORD, when their slain lie among their idols around their altars, on every high hill, on all the mountaintops, and under every green tree and leafy oak—the places where they offered fragrant incense to all their idols.Isaiah 1:29Surely you will be ashamed of the sacred oaks in which you have delighted; you will be embarrassed by the gardens that you have chosen.Amos 7:17Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘Your wife will become a prostitute in the city, and your sons and daughters will fall by the sword. Your land will be divided by a measuring line, and you yourself will die on pagan soil. And Israel will surely go into exile, away from their homeland.’”Hosea 10:8The high places of Aven will be destroyed—it is the sin of Israel; thorns and thistles will overgrow their altars. Then they will say to the mountains, “Cover us!” and to the hills, “Fall on us!”Romans 1:23–28and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.Job 31:9–10If my heart has been enticed by my neighbor’s wife, or I have lurked at his door,Hosea 2:13I will punish her for the days of the Baals when she burned incense to them, when she decked herself with rings and jewelry, and went after her lovers. But Me she forgot,” declares the LORD.Ezekiel 16:25At the head of every street you built your lofty shrines and degraded your beauty. With increasing promiscuity, you spread your legs to all who passed by.Jeremiah 2:20“For long ago you broke your yoke and tore off your chains, saying, ‘I will not serve!’ Indeed, on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down as a prostitute.Jeremiah 3:13Only acknowledge your guilt, that you have rebelled against the LORD your God. You have scattered your favors to foreign gods under every green tree and have not obeyed My voice,’” declares the LORD.Ezekiel 20:28–29When I brought them into the land that I swore to give them and they saw any high hill or leafy tree, there they offered their sacrifices, presented offerings that provoked Me, sent up their fragrant incense, and poured out their drink offerings.Isaiah 57:5who burn with lust among the oaks, under every luxuriant tree, who slaughter your children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?2 Samuel 12:10–12Now, therefore, the sword will never depart from your house, because you have despised Me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.’Ezekiel 16:16You took some of your garments and made colorful high places for yourself, and on them you prostituted yourself. Such things should not have happened; never should they have occurred!Isaiah 57:7On a high and lofty hill you have made your bed, and there you went up to offer sacrifices.Hosea 11:2But the more I called Israel, the farther they departed from Me. They sacrificed to the Baals and burned incense to carved images.Deuteronomy 12:2Destroy completely all the places where the nations you are dispossessing have served their gods—atop the high mountains, on the hills, and under every green tree.

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