Jeremiah 17:2
1 “The sin of Judah is written with an iron stylus, engraved with a diamond point on the tablets of their hearts and on the horns of their altars.
Even their children remember their altars and Asherah poles by the green trees and on the high hills.
3 O My mountain in the countryside, I will give over your wealth and all your treasures as plunder, because of the sin of your high places, within all your borders.
4 And you yourself will relinquish the inheritance that I gave you. I will enslave you to your enemies in a land that you do not know, for you have kindled My anger; it will burn forever.”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Even their children remember their altars and Asherah poles by the green trees and on the high hills.
- KJV
- Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills.
- WEB
- Even their children remember their altars and their Asherah poles by the green trees on the high hills.
- ASV
- whilst their children remember their altars and their Asherim by the green trees upon the high hills.
- DARBY
- whilst their children remember their altars and their Asherahs, by the green trees, upon the high hills.
- BLB
- while their sons remember their altars and their Asherah poles, by the green trees on the high hills.
- ÅB
- slik som også deres barn kommer deres altere og deres Astartebilder i hu ved de grønne trær og på de høye bakker.
- OTB
- Som deres barn husker, så husker de deres altere og Asjera-pæler ved siden av de frodige trærne og på de høye høydene.
- B1930
- likesom også deres barn kommer deres altere og deres Astarte-billeder i hu ved de grønne trær og på de høie bakker.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Chronicles 24:18
They abandoned the house of the LORD, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherah poles and idols. So wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this guilt of theirs.
Read in contextJeremiah 2:20
“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.
Read in contextJudges 3:7
So the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; they forgot the LORD their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs.
Read in context2 Chronicles 33:3
For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had torn down, and he raised up altars for the Baals and made Asherah poles. And he worshiped and served all the host of heaven.
Read in contextIsaiah 17:8
They will not look to the altars they have fashioned with their hands or to the Asherahs and incense altars they have made with their fingers.
Read in contextIsaiah 1:29
Surely you will be ashamed of the sacred oaks in which you have delighted; you will be embarrassed by the gardens that you have chosen.
Read in contextPsalms 78:58
They enraged Him with their high places and provoked His jealousy with their idols.
Read in contextHosea 4:13–14
They 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.
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