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Jeremiah 3:6

Now 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.

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ASV

Moreover Jehovah said unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot.

KJV

The Lord said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot.

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Original language & word study

24 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559 →
יְהוָ֜הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
אֵלַ֗י'e.Laito meH413 →
בִּימֵי֙bi.Meiin [the] days ofH3117 →
יֹאשִׁיָּ֣הוּyo.shi.Ya.huJosiahH2977 →
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428 →
הֲֽרָאִ֔יתָhara.'I.ta¿ have you seenH7200 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.Sher[that] whichH834 →
עָשְׂתָ֖ה'a.se.Tahshe has doneH6213 →
מְשֻׁבָ֣הme.shu.Vah[the] apostate oneH4878 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
הֹלְכָ֨הho.le.Khah[has been] goingH1980 →
הִ֜יאhi'sheH1931 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
כָּל־kol-everyH3605 →
הַ֣רharhillH2022 →
גָּבֹ֗הַּga.Vo.ahhighH1364 →
וְאֶל־ve.'el-and toH413 →
תַּ֛חַתTa.chatunderH8478 →
כָּל־kol-everyH3605 →
עֵ֥ץ'etztreeH6086 →
רַעֲנָ֖ןra.'a.NanluxuriantH7488 →
וַתִּזְנִי־va.tiz.ni-and she has acted as a prostituteH2181 →
שָֽׁם׃ShamthereH8033 →

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Hosea 4:13They 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.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.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.Isaiah 65:3to a people who continually provoke Me to My face, sacrificing in the gardens and burning incense on altars of brick,Jeremiah 14:7Although our iniquities testify against us, O LORD, act for the sake of Your name. Indeed, our rebellions are many; we have sinned against You.Jeremiah 31:22How long will you wander, O faithless daughter? For the LORD has created a new thing in the land—a woman will shelter a man.”Jeremiah 50:6My people are lost sheep; their shepherds have led them astray, causing them to roam the mountains. They have wandered from mountain to hill; they have forgotten their resting place.Ezekiel 16:31But when you built your mounds at the head of every street and made your lofty shrines in every public square, you were not even like a prostitute, because you scorned payment.Ezekiel 20:28When 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.Jeremiah 7:24Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but they followed the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts. They went backward and not forward.Jeremiah 3:11–14And the LORD said to me, “Faithless Israel has shown herself more righteous than unfaithful Judah.Ezekiel 16:24–25you built yourself a mound and made yourself a lofty shrine in every public square.Jeremiah 2:19–20Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Consider and realize how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear of Me,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.Jeremiah 3:8She saw that because faithless Israel had committed adultery, I gave her a certificate of divorce and sent her away. Yet that unfaithful sister Judah had no fear and prostituted herself as well.Ezekiel 23:11Her sister Oholibah saw this, yet in her lust and prostitution she was more depraved than her sister.1 Kings 14:23They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.2 Kings 17:7–17All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had worshiped other godsJeremiah 17:2Even their children remember their altars and Asherah poles by the green trees and on the high hills.

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The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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