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Jeremiah 17:2

Sin

1 The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond: it is graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars;

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

3 O my mountain in the field, I will give thy substance and all thy treasures to the spoil, and thy high places for sin, throughout all thy borders.

4 And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue from thine heritage that I gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in the land which thou knowest not: for ye have kindled a fire in mine anger, which shall burn for ever.

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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.

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Cross references

  • 2 Chronicles 24:18

    And they left the house of the LORD God of their fathers, and served groves and idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass.

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  • Jeremiah 2:20

    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.

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  • Judges 3:7

    And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgat the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the groves.

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  • 2 Chronicles 33:3

    For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.

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  • Isaiah 17:8

    And he shall not look to the altars, the work of his hands, neither shall respect that which his fingers have made, either the groves, or the images.

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  • Isaiah 1:29

    For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.

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  • Psalms 78:58

    For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.

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  • Hosea 4:13–14

    They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery.

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