Verse 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)}.

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 12:2 : 2 Ye shall utterly{H6}{(H8763)} destroy{H6}{(H8762)} all the places{H4725}, wherein the nations{H1471} which{H834} ye shall possess{H3423}{(H8802)} served{H5647}{(H8804)} their gods{H430}, upon the high{H7311}{(H8802)} mountains{H2022}, and upon the hills{H1389}, and under every green{H7488} tree{H6086}:
  • Lev 26:13 : 13 I am the LORD{H3068} your God{H430}, which brought you forth{H3318}{(H8689)} out of the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714}, that ye should not be their bondmen{H5650}; and I have broken{H7665}{(H8799)} the bands{H4133} of your yoke{H5923}, and made you go{H3212}{(H8686)} upright{H6968}.
  • Jer 17:2 : 2 Whilst their children{H1121} remember{H2142}{(H8800)} their altars{H4196} and their groves{H842} by the green{H7488} trees{H6086} upon the high{H1364} hills{H1389}.
  • Jer 30:8 : 8 For it shall come to pass in that day{H3117}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635}, that I will break{H7665}{(H8799)} his yoke{H5923} from off thy neck{H6677}, and will burst{H5423}{(H8762)} thy bonds{H4147}, and strangers{H2114}{(H8801)} shall no more serve{H5647}{(H8799)} themselves of him:
  • Isa 1:21 : 21 How is the faithful{H539}{(H8737)} city{H7151} become an harlot{H2181}{(H8802)}! it was full{H4392} of judgment{H4941}; righteousness{H6664} lodged{H3885}{(H8799)} in it; but now murderers{H7523}{(H8764)}.
  • Hos 3:3 : 3 And I said{H559}{(H8799)} unto her, Thou shalt abide{H3427}{(H8799)} for me many{H7227} days{H3117}; thou shalt not play the harlot{H2181}{(H8799)}, and thou shalt not be{H1961}{(H8799)} for another man{H376}: so will I also be for thee.
  • Nah 1:13 : 13 For now will I break{H7665}{(H8799)} his yoke{H4132} from off thee, and will burst{H5423} thy bonds{H4147} in sunder{H5423}{(H8762)}.
  • Isa 9:4 : 4 For thou hast broken{H2865}{(H8689)} the yoke{H5923} of his burden{H5448}, and the staff{H4294} of his shoulder{H7926}, the rod{H7626} of his oppressor{H5065}{(H8802)}, as in the day{H3117} of Midian{H4080}.
  • Isa 10:27 : 27 And it shall come to pass in that day{H3117}, that his burden{H5448} shall be taken away{H5493}{(H8799)} from off thy shoulder{H7926}, and his yoke{H5923} from off thy neck{H6677}, and the yoke{H5923} shall be destroyed{H2254}{(H8795)} because{H6440} of the anointing{H8081}.
  • Isa 14:25 : 25 That I will break{H7665}{(H8800)} the Assyrian{H804} in my land{H776}, and upon my mountains{H2022} tread him under foot{H947}{(H8799)}: then shall his yoke{H5923} depart{H5493}{(H8804)} from off them, and his burden{H5448} depart{H5493}{(H8799)} from off their shoulders{H7926}.
  • Isa 57:5-7 : 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}? 6 Among the smooth{H2511} stones of the stream{H5158} is thy portion{H2506}; they, they are thy lot{H1486}: even to them hast thou poured{H8210}{(H8804)} a drink offering{H5262}, thou hast offered{H5927}{(H8689)} a meat offering{H4503}. Should I receive comfort{H5162}{(H8735)} in these? 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 3:1-2 : 1 They say{H559}{(H8800)}, If a man{H376} put away{H7971}{(H8762)} his wife{H802}, and she go{H1980}{(H8804)} from him, and become another{H312} man's{H376}, shall he return unto her again{H7725}{(H8799)}? shall not that land{H776} be greatly{H2610}{(H8800)} polluted{H2610}{(H8799)}? but thou hast played the harlot{H2181}{(H8804)} with many{H7227} lovers{H7453}; yet return again{H7725}{(H8800)} to me, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}. 2 Lift up{H5375}{(H8798)} thine eyes{H5869} unto the high places{H8205}, and see{H7200}{(H8798)} where{H375} thou hast not been lien{H7693}{(H8795)}{(H8676)}{H7901}{(H8795)} with. In the ways{H1870} hast thou sat{H3427}{(H8804)} for them, as the Arabian{H6163} in the wilderness{H4057}; and thou hast polluted{H2610}{(H8686)} the land{H776} with thy whoredoms{H2184} and with thy wickedness{H7451}.
  • Jer 3:6-8 : 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)}. 7 And I said{H559}{(H8799)} after{H310} she had done{H6213}{(H8800)} all these things, Turn{H7725}{(H8799)} thou unto me. But she returned{H7725}{(H8804)} not. And her treacherous{H901} sister{H269} Judah{H3063} saw{H7200}{(H8799)} it. 8 And I saw{H7200}{(H8799)}, when for all the causes{H182} whereby backsliding{H4878} Israel{H3478} committed adultery{H5003}{(H8765)} I had put her away{H7971}{(H8765)}, and given{H5414}{(H8799)} her a bill{H5612} of divorce{H3748}; yet her treacherous{H898}{(H8802)} sister{H269} Judah{H3063} feared{H3372}{(H8804)} not, but went{H3212}{(H8799)} and played the harlot{H2181}{(H8799)} also.
  • Ezek 16:15-16 : 15 But thou didst trust{H982}{(H8799)} in thine own beauty{H3308}, and playedst the harlot{H2181}{(H8799)} because of thy renown{H8034}, and pouredst out{H8210}{(H8799)} thy fornications{H8457} on every one that passed by{H5674}{(H8802)}; his it was. 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 16:24-25 : 24 That thou hast also built{H1129}{(H8799)} unto thee an eminent place{H1354}, and hast made{H6213}{(H8799)} thee an high place{H7413} in every street{H7339}. 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 16:28 : 28 Thou hast played the whore{H2181}{(H8799)} also with the Assyrians{H1121}{H804}, because{H1115} thou wast unsatiable{H7646}{(H8804)}; yea, thou hast played the harlot{H2181}{(H8799)} with them, and yet couldest not be satisfied{H7654}.
  • Ezek 16:31 : 31 In that thou buildest{H1129}{(H8800)} thine eminent place{H1354} in the head{H7218} of every way{H1870}, and makest{H6213}{(H8804)} thine high place{H7413} in every street{H7339}; and hast not been as an harlot{H2181}{(H8802)}, in that thou scornest{H7046}{(H8763)} hire{H868};
  • Ezek 16:41 : 41 And they shall burn{H8313}{(H8804)} thine houses{H1004} with fire{H784}, and execute{H6213}{(H8804)} judgments{H8201} upon thee in the sight{H5869} of many{H7227} women{H802}: and I will cause thee to cease{H7673}{(H8689)} from playing the harlot{H2181}{(H8802)}, and thou also shalt give{H5414}{(H8799)} no hire{H868} any more.
  • Ezek 20:28 : 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}.
  • Ezek 23:5 : 5 And Aholah{H170} played the harlot{H2181}{(H8799)} when she was mine{H8478}; and she doted{H5689}{(H8799)} on her lovers{H157}{(H8764)}, on the Assyrians{H804} her neighbours{H7138},
  • Hos 2:5 : 5 For their mother{H517} hath played the harlot{H2181}{(H8804)}: she that conceived{H2029}{(H8802)} them hath done shamefully{H3001}{(H8689)}: for she said{H559}{(H8804)}, I will go{H3212}{(H8799)} after{H310} my lovers{H157}{(H8764)}, that give{H5414}{(H8802)} me my bread{H3899} and my water{H4325}, my wool{H6785} and my flax{H6593}, mine oil{H8081} and my drink{H8250}.
  • Deut 4:20 : 20 But the LORD{H3068} hath taken{H3947}{(H8804)} you, and brought you forth{H3318}{(H8686)} out of the iron{H1270} furnace{H3564}, even out of Egypt{H4714}, to be unto him a people{H5971} of inheritance{H5159}, as ye are this day{H3117}.
  • Deut 4:34 : 34 Or hath God{H430} assayed{H5254}{(H8765)} to go{H935}{(H8800)} and take{H3947}{(H8800)} him a nation{H1471} from the midst{H7130} of another nation{H1471}, by temptations{H4531}, by signs{H226}, and by wonders{H4159}, and by war{H4421}, and by a mighty{H2389} hand{H3027}, and by a stretched out{H5186}{(H8803)} arm{H2220}, and by great{H1419} terrors{H4172}, according to all that the LORD{H3068} your God{H430} did{H6213}{(H8804)} for you in Egypt{H4714} before your eyes{H5869}?
  • Deut 5:27 : 27 Go thou near{H7126}{(H8798)}, and hear{H8085}{(H8798)} all that the LORD{H3068} our God{H430} shall say{H559}{(H8799)}: and speak{H1696}{(H8762)} thou unto us all that the LORD{H3068} our God{H430} shall speak{H1696}{(H8762)} unto thee; and we will hear{H8085}{(H8804)} it, and do{H6213}{(H8804)} it.
  • Exod 3:8 : 8 And I am come down{H3381}{(H8799)} to deliver{H5337}{(H8687)} them out of the hand{H3027} of the Egyptians{H4714}, and to bring{H5927}{(H8687)} them up out of that land{H776} unto a good{H2896} land{H776} and a large{H7342}, unto a land{H776} flowing{H2100}{(H8802)} with milk{H2461} and honey{H1706}; unto the place{H4725} of the Canaanites{H3669}, and the Hittites{H2850}, and the Amorites{H567}, and the Perizzites{H6522}, and the Hivites{H2340}, and the Jebusites{H2983}.
  • Exod 19:8 : 8 And all the people{H5971} answered{H6030}{(H8799)} together{H3162}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, All that the LORD{H3068} hath spoken{H1696}{(H8765)} we will do{H6213}{(H8799)}. And Moses{H4872} returned{H7725}{(H8686)} the words{H1697} of the people{H5971} unto the LORD{H3068}.
  • Exod 24:3 : 3 And Moses{H4872} came{H935}{(H8799)} and told{H5608}{(H8762)} the people{H5971} all the words{H1697} of the LORD{H3068}, and all the judgments{H4941}: and all the people{H5971} answered{H6030}{(H8799)} with one{H259} voice{H6963}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, All the words{H1697} which the LORD{H3068} hath said{H1696}{(H8765)} will we do{H6213}{(H8799)}.
  • Exod 34:14-16 : 14 For thou shalt worship{H7812}{(H8691)} no other{H312} god{H410}: for the LORD{H3068}, whose name{H8034} is Jealous{H7067}, is a jealous{H7067} God{H410}: 15 Lest thou make{H3772}{(H8799)} a covenant{H1285} with the inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} of the land{H776}, and they go a whoring{H2181}{(H8804)} after{H310} their gods{H430}, and do sacrifice{H2076}{(H8804)} unto their gods{H430}, and one call{H7121}{(H8804)} thee, and thou eat{H398}{(H8804)} of his sacrifice{H2077}; 16 And thou take{H3947}{(H8804)} of their daughters{H1323} unto thy sons{H1121}, and their daughters{H1323} go a whoring{H2181}{(H8804)} after{H310} their gods{H430}, and make{H2181} thy sons{H1121} go a whoring{H2181}{(H8689)} after{H310} their gods{H430}.
  • Deut 15:15 : 15 And thou shalt remember{H2142}{(H8804)} that thou wast a bondman{H5650} in the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714}, and the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} redeemed{H6299}{(H8799)} thee: therefore I command{H6680}{(H8764)} thee this thing{H1697} to day{H3117}.
  • Deut 26:17 : 17 Thou hast avouched{H559}{(H8689)} the LORD{H3068} this day{H3117} to be thy God{H430}, and to walk{H3212}{(H8800)} in his ways{H1870}, and to keep{H8104}{(H8800)} his statutes{H2706}, and his commandments{H4687}, and his judgments{H4941}, and to hearken{H8085}{(H8800)} unto his voice{H6963}:
  • Josh 1:16 : 16 And they answered{H6030}{(H8799)} Joshua{H3091}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, All that thou commandest{H6680}{(H8765)} us we will do{H6213}{(H8799)}, and whithersoever{H834} thou sendest{H7971}{(H8799)} us, we will go{H3212}{(H8799)}.
  • Josh 24:24 : 24 And the people{H5971} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto Joshua{H3091}, The LORD{H3068} our God{H430} will we serve{H5647}{(H8799)}, and his voice{H6963} will we obey{H8085}{(H8799)}.
  • Josh 24:26 : 26 And Joshua{H3091} wrote{H3789}{(H8799)} these words{H1697} in the book{H5612} of the law{H8451} of God{H430}, and took{H3947}{(H8799)} a great{H1419} stone{H68}, and set it up{H6965}{(H8686)} there under an oak{H427}, that was by the sanctuary{H4720} of the LORD{H3068}.
  • 1 Sam 12:10 : 10 And they cried{H2199}{(H8799)} unto the LORD{H3068}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, We have sinned{H2398}{(H8804)}, because we have forsaken{H5800}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068}, and have served{H5647}{(H8799)} Baalim{H1168} and Ashtaroth{H6252}: but now deliver{H5337}{(H8685)} us out of the hand{H3027} of our enemies{H341}{(H8802)}, and we will serve{H5647}{(H8799)} thee.
  • 1 Kgs 12:32 : 32 And Jeroboam{H3379} ordained{H6213}{(H8799)} a feast{H2282} in the eighth{H8066} month{H2320}, on the fifteenth{H2568}{H6240} day{H3117} of the month{H2320}, like unto the feast{H2282} that is in Judah{H3063}, and he offered{H5927}{(H8686)} upon the altar{H4196}. So did{H6213}{(H8804)} he in Bethel{H1008}, sacrificing{H2076}{(H8763)} unto the calves{H5695} that he had made{H6213}{(H8804)}: and he placed{H5975}{(H8689)} in Bethel{H1008} the priests{H3548} of the high places{H1116} which he had made{H6213}{(H8804)}.
  • Ps 78:58 : 58 For they provoked him to anger{H3707}{H8686)} with their high places{H1116}, and moved him to jealousy{H7065}{H8686)} with their graven images{H6456}.