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Jeremiah 2:20

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¶ For of old time I have broken thy yoke, [and] burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot.

For of old time {H5769} I have broken {H7665} thy yoke {H5923}, and burst {H5423} thy bands {H4147}; and thou saidst {H559}, I will not transgress {H5674}{H5647}; when upon every high {H1364} hill {H1389} and under every green {H7488} tree {H6086} thou wanderest {H6808}, playing the harlot {H2181}.

"For long ago I broke your yoke; when I snapped your chains, you said, 'I won't sin.' Yet on every high hill, under every green tree, you sprawled and prostituted yourself.

“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.

For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bonds; and thou saidst, I will not serve; for upon every high hill and under every green tree thou didst bow thyself, playing the harlot.

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Cross-References

  • Deuteronomy 12:2 (8 votes)

    Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree:

  • Leviticus 26:13 (6 votes)

    I [am] the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bands of your yoke, and made you go upright.

  • Jeremiah 17:2 (4 votes)

    Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills.

  • Jeremiah 30:8 (3 votes)

    For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, [that] I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds, and strangers shall no more serve themselves of him:

  • Isaiah 1:21 (3 votes)

    ¶ How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.

  • Hosea 3:3 (3 votes)

    And I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be for [another] man: so [will] I also [be] for thee.

  • Isaiah 57:5 (2 votes)

    Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks?