Verse 6
Moreover Jehovah{H3068} said{H559} unto me in the days{H3117} of Josiah{H2977} the king,{H4428} Hast thou seen{H7200} that which backsliding{H4878} Israel{H3478} hath done?{H6213} she is gone up{H1980} upon every high{H1364} mountain{H2022} and under{H8478} every green{H7488} tree,{H6086} and there hath played the harlot.{H2181}
Referenced Verses
- 1 Kgs 14:23 : 23 For they also built{H1129} them high places,{H1116} and pillars,{H4676} and Asherim,{H842} on every high{H1364} hill,{H1389} and under every green{H7488} tree;{H6086}
- 2 Kgs 17:7-9 : 7 And it was so, because the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} had sinned{H2398} against Jehovah{H3068} their God,{H430} who brought them up{H5927} out of the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714} from under the hand{H3027} of Pharaoh{H6547} king{H4428} of Egypt,{H4714} and had feared{H3372} other{H312} gods,{H430} 8 and walked{H3212} in the statutes{H2708} of the nations,{H1471} whom Jehovah{H3068} cast out{H3423} from before{H6440} the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} and of the kings{H4428} of Israel,{H3478} which they made.{H6213} 9 And the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} did secretly{H2644} things{H1697} that were not right against Jehovah{H3068} their God:{H430} and they built{H1129} them high places{H1116} in all their cities,{H5892} from the tower{H4026} of the watchmen{H5341} to the fortified{H4013} city;{H5892} 10 and they set them up{H5324} pillars{H4676} and Asherim{H842} upon every high{H1364} hill,{H1389} and under every green{H7488} tree;{H6086} 11 and there they burnt incense{H6999} in all the high places,{H1116} as did the nations{H1471} whom Jehovah{H3068} carried away{H1540} before{H6440} them; and they wrought{H6213} wicked{H7451} things{H1697} to provoke Jehovah{H3068} to anger;{H3707} 12 and they served{H5647} idols,{H1544} whereof Jehovah{H3068} had said{H559} unto them, Ye shall not do{H6213} this thing.{H1697} 13 Yet Jehovah{H3068} testified{H5749} unto Israel,{H3478} and unto Judah,{H3063} by{H3027} every prophet,{H5030} and every seer,{H2374} saying,{H559} Turn{H7725} ye from your evil{H7451} ways,{H1870} and keep{H8104} my commandments{H4687} and my statutes,{H2708} according to all the law{H8451} which I commanded{H6680} your fathers,{H1} and which I sent{H7971} to you by{H3027} my servants{H5650} the prophets.{H5030} 14 Notwithstanding, they would not hear,{H8085} but hardened{H7185} their neck,{H6203} like to the neck{H6203} of their fathers,{H1} who believed{H539} not in Jehovah{H3068} their God.{H430} 15 And they rejected{H3988} his statutes,{H2706} and his covenant{H1285} that he made{H3772} with their fathers,{H1} and his testimonies{H5715} which he testified{H5749} unto them; and they followed{H3212} vanity,{H1892} and became vain,{H1891} and [went] after{H310} the nations{H1471} that were round about{H5439} them, concerning whom Jehovah{H3068} had charged{H6680} them that they should not do{H6213} like them. 16 And they forsook{H5800} all the commandments{H4687} of Jehovah{H3068} their God,{H430} and made{H6213} them molten images,{H4541} even two{H8147} calves,{H5695} and made{H6213} an Asherah,{H842} and worshipped{H7812} all the host{H6635} of heaven,{H8064} and served{H5647} Baal.{H1168} 17 And they caused their sons{H1121} and their daughters{H1323} to pass{H5674} through the fire,{H784} and used{H7080} divination{H7081} and enchantments,{H5172} and sold{H4376} themselves to do{H6213} that which was evil{H7451} in the sight{H5869} of Jehovah,{H3068} to provoke him to anger.{H3707}
- Isa 57:7 : 7 Upon a high{H5375} and lofty{H1364} mountain{H2022} hast thou set{H7760} thy bed;{H4904} thither also wentest thou up{H5927} to offer{H2076} sacrifice.{H2077}
- Jer 2:19-20 : 19 Thine own wickedness{H7451} shall correct{H3256} thee, and thy backslidings{H4878} shall reprove{H3198} thee: know{H3045} therefore and see{H7200} that it is an evil{H7451} thing and a bitter,{H4751} that thou hast forsaken{H5800} Jehovah{H3068} thy God,{H430} and that my fear{H6345} is not in thee, saith{H5002} the Lord,{H136} Jehovah{H3069} of hosts.{H6635} 20 For of old time{H5769} I have broken{H7665} thy yoke,{H5923} and burst{H5423} thy bonds;{H4147} and thou saidst,{H559} I will not serve;{H5674} for upon every high{H1364} hill{H1389} and under every green{H7488} tree{H6086} thou didst bow thyself,{H6808} playing the harlot.{H2181}
- Jer 3:8 : 8 And I saw,{H7200} when, for this very cause{H182} that backsliding{H4878} Israel{H3478} had committed adultery,{H5003} I had put her away{H7971} and given{H5414} her a bill{H5612} of divorcement,{H3748} yet treacherous{H898} Judah{H3063} her sister{H269} feared{H3372} not; but she also went{H3212} and played the harlot.{H2181}
- Jer 3:11-14 : 11 And Jehovah{H3068} said{H559} unto me, Backsliding{H4878} Israel{H3478} hath showed herself{H5315} more righteous{H6663} than treacherous{H898} Judah.{H3063} 12 Go,{H1980} and proclaim{H7121} these words{H1697} toward the north,{H6828} and say,{H559} Return,{H7725} thou backsliding{H4878} Israel,{H3478} saith{H5002} Jehovah;{H3068} I will not look{H5307} in anger{H6440} upon you; for I am merciful,{H2623} saith{H5002} Jehovah,{H3068} I will not keep{H5201} [anger] for ever.{H5769} 13 Only acknowledge{H3045} thine iniquity,{H5771} that thou hast transgressed{H6586} against Jehovah{H3068} thy God,{H430} and hast scattered{H6340} thy ways{H1870} to the strangers{H2114} under every green{H7488} tree,{H6086} and ye have not obeyed{H8085} my voice,{H6963} saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068} 14 Return,{H7725} O backsliding{H7726} children,{H1121} saith{H5002} Jehovah;{H3068} for I am a husband{H1166} unto you: and I will take{H3947} you one{H259} of a city,{H5892} and two{H8147} of a family,{H4940} and I will bring{H935} you to Zion:{H6726}
- Jer 7:24 : 24 But they hearkened{H8085} not, nor inclined{H5186} their ear,{H241} but walked{H3212} in [their own] counsels{H4156} [and] in the stubbornness{H8307} of their evil{H7451} heart,{H3820} and went backward,{H268} and not forward.{H6440}
- Jer 17:2 : 2 whilst their children{H1121} remember{H2142} their altars{H4196} and their Asherim{H842} by the green{H7488} trees{H6086} upon the high{H1364} hills.{H1389}
- Ezek 16:24-25 : 24 that thou hast built{H1129} unto thee a vaulted place,{H1354} and hast made{H6213} thee a lofty place{H7413} in every street.{H7339} 25 Thou hast built{H1129} thy lofty place{H7413} at the head{H7218} of every way,{H1870} and hast made thy beauty{H3308} an abomination,{H8581} and hast opened{H6589} thy feet{H7272} to every one that passed by,{H5674} and multiplied{H7235} thy whoredom.{H8457}
- Ezek 16:31 : 31 in that thou buildest{H1129} thy vaulted place{H1354} at the head{H7218} of every way,{H1870} and makest{H6213} thy lofty place{H7413} in every street,{H7339} and hast not been as a harlot,{H2181} in that thou scornest{H7046} hire.{H868}
- Ezek 20:28 : 28 For when I had brought{H935} them into the land,{H776} which I sware{H3027} to{H5375} give{H5414} unto them, then they saw{H7200} every high{H7311} hill,{H1389} and every thick{H5687} tree,{H6086} and they offered{H2076} there their sacrifices,{H2077} and there they presented{H5414} the provocation{H3708} of their offering;{H2076} there also they made{H7760} their sweet{H5207} savor,{H7381} and they poured out{H5258} there their drink-offerings.{H5262}
- Ezek 23:11 : 11 And her sister{H269} Oholibah{H172} saw{H7200} this, yet was she more corrupt{H7843} in her doting{H5691} than she, and in her whoredoms{H8457} which were more than the whoredoms{H2183} of her sister.{H269}