Verse 13

They sacrifice{H2076}{(H8762)} upon the tops{H7218} of the mountains{H2022}, and burn incense{H6999}{(H8762)} upon the hills{H1389}, under oaks{H437} and poplars{H3839} and elms{H424}, because the shadow{H6738} thereof is good{H2896}: therefore your daughters{H1323} shall commit whoredom{H2181}{(H8799)}, and your spouses{H3618} shall commit adultery{H5003}{(H8762)}.

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 1:29 : 29 For they shall be ashamed{H954}{(H8799)} of the oaks{H352} which ye have desired{H2530}{(H8804)}, and ye shall be confounded{H2659}{(H8799)} for the gardens{H1593} that ye have chosen{H977}{(H8804)}.
  • Jer 3:6 : 6 The LORD{H3068} said{H559}{(H8799)} also unto me in the days{H3117} of Josiah{H2977} the king{H4428}, Hast thou seen{H7200}{(H8804)} that which backsliding{H4878} Israel{H3478} hath done{H6213}{(H8804)}? she is gone up{H1980}{(H8802)} upon every high{H1364} mountain{H2022} and under{H8478} every green{H7488} tree{H6086}, and there hath played the harlot{H2181}{(H8799)}.
  • Ezek 6:13 : 13 Then shall ye know{H3045}{(H8804)} that I am the LORD{H3068}, when their slain{H2491} men shall be among{H8432} their idols{H1544} round about{H5439} their altars{H4196}, upon every high{H7311}{(H8802)} hill{H1389}, in all the tops{H7218} of the mountains{H2022}, and under every green{H7488} tree{H6086}, and under every thick{H5687} oak{H424}, the place{H4725} where they did offer{H5414}{(H8804)} sweet{H5207} savour{H7381} to all their idols{H1544}.
  • Amos 7:17 : 17 Therefore thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068}; Thy wife{H802} shall be an harlot{H2181}{(H8799)} in the city{H5892}, and thy sons{H1121} and thy daughters{H1323} shall fall{H5307}{(H8799)} by the sword{H2719}, and thy land{H127} shall be divided{H2505}{(H8792)} by line{H2256}; and thou shalt die{H4191}{(H8799)} in{H5921} a polluted{H2931} land{H127}: and Israel{H3478} shall surely{H1540}{(H8800)} go into captivity{H1540}{(H8799)} forth of his land{H127}.
  • Rom 1:23-28 : 23 And{G2532} changed{G236}{(G5656)} the glory{G1391} of the uncorruptible{G862} God{G2316} into{G1722} an image{G1504} made like{G3667} to corruptible{G5349} man{G444}, and{G2532} to birds{G4071}, and{G2532} fourfooted beasts{G5074}, and{G2532} creeping things{G2062}. 24 Wherefore{G1352} God{G2316} also{G2532} gave{G3860} them{G846} up{G3860}{(G5656)} to{G1519} uncleanness{G167} through{G1722} the lusts{G1939} of their own{G846} hearts{G2588}, to dishonour{G818}{(G5729)} their own{G846} bodies{G4983} between{G1722} themselves{G1438}: 25 Who{G3748} changed{G3337}{(G5656)} the truth{G225} of God{G2316} into{G1722} a lie{G5579}, and{G2532} worshipped{G4573}{(G5662)} and{G2532} served{G3000}{(G5656)} the creature{G2937} more than{G3844} the Creator{G2936}{(G5660)}, who{G3739} is{G2076}{(G5748)} blessed{G2128} for{G1519} ever{G165}. Amen{G281}. 26 For{G1223} this{G5124} cause God{G2316} gave{G3860} them{G846} up{G3860}{(G5656)} unto{G1519} vile{G819} affections{G3806}: for{G1063} even{G5037} their{G846} women{G2338} did change{G3337}{(G5656)} the natural{G5446} use{G5540} into{G1519} that which is against{G3844} nature{G5449}: 27 And{G5037} likewise{G3668} also{G2532} the men{G730}, leaving{G863}{(G5631)} the natural{G5446} use{G5540} of the woman{G2338}, burned{G1572}{(G5681)} in{G1722} their{G846} lust{G3715} one toward another{G1519}{G240}; men{G730} with{G1722} men{G730} working{G2716}{(G5740)} that which is unseemly{G808}, and{G2532} receiving{G618}{(G5723)} in{G1722} themselves{G1438} that recompence{G489} of their{G846} error{G4106} which{G3739} was meet{G1163}{(G5713)}. 28 And{G2532} even as{G2531} they did{G1381} not{G3756} like{G1381}{(G5656)} to retain{G2192}{(G5721)} God{G2316} in{G1722} their knowledge{G1922}, God{G2316} gave{G3860} them{G846} over{G3860}{(G5656)} to{G1519} a reprobate{G96} mind{G3563}, to do{G4160}{(G5721)} those things which are{G2520} not{G3361} convenient{G2520}{(G5723)};
  • Ezek 16:16 : 16 And of thy garments{H899} thou didst take{H3947}{(H8799)}, and deckedst{H6213}{(H8799)} thy high places{H1116} with divers colours{H2921}{(H8803)}, and playedst the harlot{H2181}{(H8799)} thereupon: the like things shall not come{H935}{(H8802)}, neither shall it be so.
  • Ezek 16:25 : 25 Thou hast built{H1129}{(H8804)} thy high place{H7413} at every head{H7218} of the way{H1870}, and hast made thy beauty{H3308} to be abhorred{H8581}{(H8762)}, and hast opened{H6589}{(H8762)} thy feet{H7272} to every one that passed by{H5674}{(H8802)}, and multiplied{H7235}{(H8686)} thy whoredoms{H8457}.
  • Ezek 20:28-29 : 28 For when I had brought{H935}{(H8686)} them into the land{H776}, for the which I lifted up{H5375}{(H8804)} mine hand{H3027} to give{H5414}{(H8800)} it to them, then they saw{H7200}{(H8799)} every high{H7311}{(H8802)} hill{H1389}, and all the thick{H5687} trees{H6086}, and they offered{H2076}{(H8799)} there their sacrifices{H2077}, and there they presented{H5414}{(H8799)} the provocation{H3708} of their offering{H7133}: there also they made{H7760}{(H8799)} their sweet{H5207} savour{H7381}, and poured out{H5258}{(H8686)} there their drink offerings{H5262}. 29 Then I said{H559}{(H8799)} unto them, What is the high place{H1116} whereunto ye go{H935}{(H8802)}? And the name{H8034} thereof is called{H7121}{(H8735)} Bamah{H1117} unto this day{H3117}.
  • Hos 2:13 : 13 And I will visit{H6485}{(H8804)} upon her the days{H3117} of Baalim{H1168}, wherein she burned incense{H6999}{(H8686)} to them, and she decked{H5710}{(H8799)} herself with her earrings{H5141} and her jewels{H2484}, and she went{H3212}{(H8799)} after{H310} her lovers{H157}{(H8764)}, and forgat{H7911}{(H8804)} me, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}.
  • Hos 11:2 : 2 As they called{H7121}{(H8804)} them, so they went{H1980}{(H8804)} from them{H6440}: they sacrificed{H2076}{(H8762)} unto Baalim{H1168}, and burned incense{H6999}{(H8762)} to graven images{H6456}.
  • Jer 3:13 : 13 Only acknowledge{H3045}{(H8798)} thine iniquity{H5771}, that thou hast transgressed{H6586}{(H8804)} against the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430}, and hast scattered{H6340}{(H8762)} thy ways{H1870} to the strangers{H2114}{(H8801)} under every green{H7488} tree{H6086}, and ye have not obeyed{H8085}{(H8804)} my voice{H6963}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}.
  • 2 Sam 12:10-12 : 10 Now therefore the sword{H2719} shall never{H5704}{H5769} depart{H5493}{(H8799)} from thine house{H1004}; because{H6118} thou hast despised{H959}{(H8804)} me, and hast taken{H3947}{(H8799)} the wife{H802} of Uriah{H223} the Hittite{H2850} to be thy wife{H802}. 11 Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068}, Behold, I will raise up{H6965}{(H8688)} evil{H7451} against thee out of thine own house{H1004}, and I will take{H3947}{(H8804)} thy wives{H802} before thine eyes{H5869}, and give{H5414}{(H8804)} them unto thy neighbour{H7453}, and he shall lie{H7901}{(H8804)} with thy wives{H802} in the sight{H5869} of this sun{H8121}. 12 For thou didst{H6213}{(H8804)} it secretly{H5643}: but I will do{H6213}{(H8799)} this thing{H1697} before all Israel{H3478}, and before the sun{H8121}.
  • Job 31:9-9 : 9 If mine heart{H3820} have been deceived{H6601}{(H8738)} by a woman{H802}, or if I have laid wait{H693}{(H8804)} at my neighbour's{H7453} door{H6607}; 10 Then let my wife{H802} grind{H2912}{(H8799)} unto another{H312}, and let others{H312} bow down{H3766}{(H8799)} upon her.
  • Isa 57:5 : 5 Enflaming{H2552}{(H8737)} yourselves with idols{H410} under every green{H7488} tree{H6086}, slaying{H7819}{(H8802)} the children{H3206} in the valleys{H5158} under the clifts{H5585} of the rocks{H5553}?
  • Isa 57:7 : 7 Upon a lofty{H1364} and high{H5375}{(H8737)} mountain{H2022} hast thou set{H7760}{(H8804)} thy bed{H4904}: even thither wentest thou up{H5927}{(H8804)} to offer{H2076}{(H8800)} sacrifice{H2077}.
  • Jer 2:20 : 20 For of old time{H5769} I have broken{H7665}{(H8804)} thy yoke{H5923}, and burst{H5423}{(H8765)} thy bands{H4147}; and thou saidst{H559}{(H8799)}, I will not transgress{H5674}{(H8799)}{(H8675)}{H5647}{(H8799)}; when upon every high{H1364} hill{H1389} and under every green{H7488} tree{H6086} thou wanderest{H6808}{(H8802)}, playing the harlot{H2181}{(H8802)}.